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6/22/22, 10:40 AM Emirates News Agency – “The Coordinating Council” announces 5 priority sports that enhance chances of achieving Olympic ac…
The classification showed that there are high opportunities for achieving achievements in many individual sports due to the
widening circle of competition and the distribution of Olympic medals to a large number of countries and the absence of
countries that dominate the top positions in them. Ranking scores were determined and the sports ranked according to the
factors studied, with the priority sports receiving the highest scores.
The figures show that there are approximately 2,300 athletes registered in the priority sports federations in the UAE, and
more than 12% of them have the opportunity to reach the high-level category, which enhances the chances of Olympic
attendance in these sports.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics also witnessed a great diversity in the distribution of medals in these sports, as 15 medals in bow
and arrow were distributed to athletes from 9 different countries, compared to the distribution of 144 medals in athletics to
43 different countries, and 36 medals in fencing were distributed to athletes from 13 countries. And 45 medals in archery for
19 countries, and 60 medals for 26 countries in judo. This shows the fact that there are no countries that monopolize
competition in these sports and opens the way for new countries to enter the competition cycle.
In a related context, the meeting of the Coordination Council discussed ways to develop the role of the Emirates Sports
Federation for school and university education institutions in supporting priority sports by introducing students and
encouraging them to compete in them, providing the sports sector with distinguished talents, and the importance of the
union’s outputs and efforts in creating high-level champions.
The General Sports Authority will hold a series of meetings with priority sports federations to discuss future work plans with
the aim of strengthening partnership and cooperation between all parties, which contributes to raising the flag of the UAE
high in international sports forums.
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