Kuwait wins gold in model aircraft at the Arab Championship in Tunisia - Sarmad
Kuwait wins first place in the model aircraft competition at the Arab Championship in Tunisia
Translated by Qiyas from سرمد — Original source
(KUNA) – The Kuwaiti national aeromodeling team won the gold medal in the aeromodeling competition at the Fourth Arab Aeromodeling Championship, held as part of the events of the Third Arab Air Sports Games in Tunisia, on Friday.
The Kuwaiti team, comprising Abdulaziz Al-Fudairi, Talal Al-Fudairi, and Mohammed Al-Dosari, finished first in the competitions despite strong competition from the participating Arab teams.
Ahmed Muhaj, head of the Kuwaiti delegation and president of the Kuwait Air Sports Club, who also serves as vice president of the Asian and Arab Air Sports Federations, praised this important sporting achievement and the high level of performance of the Kuwaiti players in a statement to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
Muhaj extended his thanks to the Public Authority for Sports and Kuwait’s Minister of State for Youth and Sports Affairs, Dr. Tariq Al-Jalahma, for their support of air sports, as well as to the Kuwaiti Embassy in Tunisia, led by Ambassador Mansour Al-Omar, for their warm reception of the Kuwaiti delegation participating in the championship.
He emphasized that the championship witnessed fierce competition among Arab participants, and stressed that the participation of Kuwaiti players in such events and tournaments will help strengthen the status of air sports in Kuwait and raise the level of competition among players at both the Arab and continental levels.
The Third Air Sports Games, held under the supervision of the Arab Air Sports Federation in cooperation with the Tunisian Air Sports Federation, saw widespread participation, with elite Arab athletes, pilots, and specialists competing over four days in two main disciplines: the aeromodeling championship and the gliding championship.
Athletes and teams from 11 Arab countries participated in the edition: Tunisia, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Palestine. The award ceremony for the winners will take place tomorrow, Saturday.
