UAEU runner prepares to participate in ‎World University Cross Country ‎Championships in Portugal

In the first participation in the "Athletics‏"‏‎ ‎season ‎

As part of his intensive preparation for the ‎World University Cross Country ‎Championships in Portugal, a UAEU runner ‎Abdel Salam Ibrahim from the College of ‎Education achieved the qualifying time that ‎would enable him to participate in the World ‎University Cross Country Championships for ‎‎10 km run , in Aveiro, Republic of Portugal. ‎The competitions will be held on March 12, ‎‎2022, which is considered one of the best ‎sports events that includes elite runners from ‎various universities of the world‏.‏‎ ‎

Mr. Ibrahim Mukhtar - Head of the Sports ‎Activities Unit at the UAEU explained, "The ‎Sports Activities Unit has supervised, prepared ‎and developed training plans since the ‎admission of the runner Abdel Salam Ibrahim ‎to the UAEU, under the supervision of a group ‎of specialists in physical fitness, nutrition and ‎sports, and with great support from the UAEU ‎senior administration. We hope therefore to ‎achieve an advanced position in the World ‎University Cross Country Championships at ‎an international level‏.‏

He pointed out that "a special program has ‎been prepared for this global participation, ‎through daily exercises in the UAEU sports ‎complex, and external training camps, where ‎the student Abdel Salam Ibrahim is currently ‎in Tunisia, to participate in a week- intensive ‎training camp in addition to undergoing a ‎number of physical tests. He will travel to ‎Ethiopia in February for a closed training ‎camp in the mountainous heights and he will ‎then head directly to Portugal next March to ‎participate in the World University Cross ‎Country Championships and represent the ‎UAEU in this important international event‏.‏

He added, "This participation will contribute ‎to the spread and development of this game ‎in the local community, and enhance the role ‎of the sports unit by providing a positive ‎atmosphere to confirm the value in the ‎different types of athletics competitions. ‎Particularly, the players have increasingly ‎interested in participating in preparation and ‎fulfilment of technical requirements in a ‎desire to raise ambitions in participating in the ‎scheduled domestic and international ‎competitions during the current season‏.‏