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3/4/24, 8:32 AM Hamdan bin Mohammed attends trailblazing Dubai Jet Suit Championship | Emirates News Agency
Organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Gravity

Industries, the pioneer in promoting the sport of air

racing, the event was held in cooperation with the

Skydive Dubai Club and XDubai.

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan met with champion Emirati air

racer Ahmed Al Shehhi and Richard Browning, Founder

and CEO of Gravity Industries, before the start of the

competition, and praised all the participants

participating in the novel competition for having made

history.

The stirring contest saw the British trio of Issa Calvon,

Paul Jones and Freddie Hay making a sweep of the top

three spots. The winners were crowned by Saeed Hareb,

Secretary General of Dubai Sports Council; and Nasser

Jamal, representative of Imtiaz Real Estate Development

Company, one of the sponsors of the tournament, in the

presence of Nasser Aman Al Rahma, Assistant Secretary

General of DSC.

Issa Calvon won the title following the daredevil

manoeuvres of the eight contestants that amazed the

thousands of fans who had gathered alongside visitors

to the Dubai International Yacht Show, besides millions

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