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Al Falasi said: “The UAE adopts an ambitious vision for the future of national sports based o
leadership and the determinants of the UAE Vision 2071, which aims to consolidate and dev
global reputation in various forums, and prepare a young generation capable of achieving g

From this standpoint, we are applying today the concept of priority sports, which was deve

and according to well-studied mechanisms, aimed at enhancing the access of the UAE ch
achieving a tangible shift in the level of global presence of Emirati sports during the next st

He added: “Our focus will be intense during the next stage on priority sports, which have

that qualify them to achieve distinguished sports levels and achievements, in addition to
sports, in cooperation between the authority and its strategic partners from governmen
institutions. We have plans to develop all athletes who show that they have distinctive ta

sport, and we will provide all support to them, thus contributing to enhancing their hopes
achieve global achievements.

The main goal is to create a developed identity for Emirati sports globally, and this will ref

and prosperity of the sports sector in the country.”

Priority sports were identified based on a classification that included all sports, and based o
that included: Olympic potential in each sport, the possibility of Olympic success, opp
medals, achievements and international championships, and determining the level of c

talents that the UAE currently possesses in That sport, taking into account the facts and s
such as the number of practitioners, the number of clubs, the reality of training cen

equipment available, as well as other criteria related to ease of implementation, cost, read
plans, and others.

The classification showed that there are high opportunities for achieving achievements in
the expansion of the competition in them, the distribution of Olympic medals to a large

absence of countries that dominate the top positions in them.

Ranking scores were determined and the sports ranked according to the factors studied, wi

the highest scores.

The figures show that there are approximately 2,300 athletes registered in the priority spor
more than 12% of them have the opportunity to reach the high-level category, which enh
attendance in these sports.

In a related context, the Coordination Council meeting dealt with ways to develop the

Federation for school and university education institutions, by supporting priority spo
encouraging them to compete in them, providing the sports sector with distinguished tale

union’s outputs and efforts in creating high-level champions.
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The General Sports Authority will hold a series of meetings with priority sports federatio