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Sheikh Hamdan attends trailblazing Dubai Jet

Suit Championship

• 28 Feb 2024

Sheikh Hamdan during his visit to the first Jet Suit Race at the Dubai Harbour at the Dubai International Boat Show
on Wednesday.
Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and
Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, attended key stages of the race during the
Dubai Jet Suit Championship, the first event of its kind anywhere in the world, which
was held at Dubai Harbour on Wednesday.

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.

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

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