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Emirati Champion dominates the opening round of the International Aquabike Race e

30 January 2022

UAE Champion dominated in the Dubai Int’l Aquabike Race - the first round of the 2022 UAE International Championship 2022 , the opening event for the UIM on its centenary (1922-2022).

The great event was witnessed in Al Shorooq Beach (Sunrise Beach) organized by Dubai International Marine Club (DIMC) within the marine sports 2021-2022 with the 12 categories that the elite racers in the world competed while the Junior categories have increased its participants number.

UAE stars prove their skills in a tough battle for 12 categories that included a two race held in the morning and afternoon where most of them outperformed their competitors in taking home the trophy for the categories in Runabout, Ski Division, Ski Junior , Freestyle and Fly board Competition.

Our hero, who ranked 48th in the World , Rashid Suhail Al Tayer grab the spotlight in the opening round of the UAE Int'l Aquabike Championship after taking home the first place in the Runabout GP1 ahead of the UAE star Khalifa Belselah who finished second while the third place goes to the Kuwaiti, Rashed Al Dawas.

Khalifa Belselah also participated in the Ski Division GP1 wherein he took the third place following the lead of the French Racers, Raphael Maurin who took home the title against the Kuwaiti Yousef Al- Abdulrazzaq, the second place.

The 2021 World Champion and the second in the world ranking, Rashid Saleh Al Mulla impress the audience & the technical committee’s with his Freestyle stunt that went straight in winning the title against another UAE star, Abdul Jalil Al Awadhi while the third place goes to the Moroccan Yassin Fahdli.

In the Flyboard Competition our UAE stars Manea and his brother Majed took home the first & second place against our hero Jamal Al Janahi.

Abdulla Al Hammadi won two titles out of the 12 Categories, the first one is in Runabout GP3 against his top competitor Jamal Al Janahi while the third goes to Fahad Hassan Al Balushi. The second title he won is the Ski GP2 against the UAE Star Saeed Al Awadhi and Ahmed AL Hammadi who consecutively took the second and third place.

Our hero, Salaman Younis Alawadhi topped the Runabout GP2 after a strong race against other UAE stars Amer Hawair second place and Abu Baker Al Marri the third placer. While on the Runabout GP4 (Spark) Ahmad Alkhadari of Kuwait secures the first position against the UAE star, Ahmed Al Hammadi and taking the third position is Omer Waleed Al Qenaei. 


Juniors

The juniors who distinctively come back strong in the competition in Ski Junior Gp3 – 3.3 is Saoud Younis Al Awadhi who outperformed our champion Rashid Salem who took the second place and the Kuwaiti racers, Faris Ramadan on the third place.

Our champion Ali Essa Al Ali won the title for the Ski Junior GP3 3.2 surpassing his top competitor from Qatar, Sultan Al Sharshini who took the second place and another UAE stars took the third place, Omar Al Hammadi. In the Ski Junior GP3 3.1 our star Ahmed Salem Taher won the first place ahead from his top competitor Zayed Essa Al Hammadi and the third place went to the Kuwaiti Yousef Ramadan.


Immediately after the race, the awarding ceremony was held led by the presence of Mohammed Harib , the CEO of DIMC accompanied by Khalid Mohsen the Race Director and Ahmed Al Suwaidi, who handed the medal of excellence and trophy for all the winners per category.


Two Wins 

UAE stars Abdulla Al Hammadi took home two out of the twelve categories in the last race, wherein he topped the Ski GP2 & Runabout GP3. He sends his regards to his dad and uncle for the support & encouragement throughout the competition.

Sibling’s success

The siblings Salman and Sauod Younis Al Awadhi succeeded in obtaining the first place in the Runabout GP2 and Ski Junior GP3 – 3.3. The brothers, Manea and Majid Habib Al Marzouqi took the first & second place the Fly board Competition. Ahmed Salem Taher won title for the Ski Junior GP3 – 3.1 and his brother Rashid took the second place in Ski Junior GP3 3.3. Another siblings succeeded in the race was Ahmed & Omer Essa Al Hammadi who took the third place Ski Division GP2 and Ski Junior GP3- 3.2 consecutively while their third brother Zayed won the Ski Junior GP3 – 3.1. 

Winners

  • Runabout GP1 - Rashed Al Tayer  - UAE
  • Runabout GP2 - Salman Younis Alawadhi -UAE
  • Runabout GP3 - Abdalla Al Hammadi -UAE
  • Runabout GP4 -Ahmad Alkhadhari - Kuwait
  • Ski Division GP1 - Raphael Maurin - France 
  • Ski Division GP2  - Abdalla Al Hammadi  - UAE 
  • Veterans GP2  - Huraiz Al Mur Bin Huraiz - UAE 
  • Ski Junior GP3 3.3 - Saoud Al Awadhi - UAE
  • Ski Junior GP3 3.2 -  Ali Issa Al Ali - UAE 
  • Ski Junior GP3 3.1-  Ahmed Salem Taher - UAE
  • Freestyle - Rashid Ali Al Mulla - UAE
  • Flyboard - Manea Habib Al Marzouqi - UAE