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UAE, Abu Dhabi, February 19, 2024: The Emirati contestant Ali Saif Al Nuaimi topped the Wakeboard competition for the under-14 category

The competitions took place within the first round of the Asian Wakefest Surfing Championship, which was held under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Marine Sports Club, with the participation of more than 120 competitors representing 20 countries who competed for the titles of 14 categories, on the waters of the breakwater in Abu Dhabi, organized by the Abu Dhabi Marine Sports Club and in cooperation with the International Water Ski Federation.

Amanda Saris came second, Abdul Rahman Saif Al Nuaimi came third, and in the women's beginners category, Hessa Al Qubaisi from the Emirates came in first place, Aya Ali from Oman came second, Alina Labina of Russia won third place, and in the men's beginners category, Sultan Al Nuaimi won first place. Hassan Al Zaabi came second, and Abdullah Al Muhairi came third.

In the men's Intermediate category, Vasilas Avados won first place, Hamad Al Mazrouei came second, and Saeed Al Nuaimi came third. In the women's professional category, Akaterini Andrepoulou achieved first place, Ana Tomados came second, Kate Waldron came third, and in the men's open category. First came Travis Peyton In second place is Piranit Faktong, and third place is Dimitrios Vatsis.

In the Wake Surf competition in the open category for women, Lyudmila Peltaskia took first place, Elzaveta Rabik came second, and Alina Lapina came third. In the open category for men, Anthony Edwards took first place, Dimitrios Vatsis came second, and in the open category for women, Skim. » Jennifer Edwards took first place and came in second Julia Shevchenko, Alinabelakova, was third.

Anthony Edwards took first place in the Men's Skim Open Category, Sungurd Gombon came in second, and Mikael Pasinky took third place. In the Women's Amateur Category, Anna Kuzimina took first place, Polinazerkova came in second place, and Boriana Stefanova took third place, and in the Men's Amateur Category, she took third place. Sultan Al Nuaimi achieved first place Saeed Al Nuaimi came second, and Hassan Al Zaabi received the third code.

In the “Skeem” women’s amateur category, Nadia Skrypak took first place, Emily Zhang came second, Yi Ning took third place, and in the “Skeem” men’s amateur category, Sergei Fedorov took first place, Sing Ming Zi came second, and Majid Waseem came third.

The participation of more than 120 competitors is a record number for the first time since the Abu Dhabi Marine Sports Club hosted the World Water Ski Championship in 2019

The list of countries participating in the first round of the Asian Wakefest Water Ski Championship included: Saudi Arabia - Sultanate of Oman.

Bahrain - Thailand - Bulgaria - Lebanon - Russia - Belarus - Greece - Germany - Turkey - Egypt - America - Germany - Hungary - Ukraine - Switzerland - Malaysia and the Netherlands