The World Artistic Swimming League kicks off in Dubai tomorrow

The second edition of the World Artistic Swimming League begins tomorrow, for three days, at the Hamdan Sports Complex, organized by the Double D Sports Club, in cooperation with the Dubai Sports Council, with the participation of 250 players from 15 countries, namely: the Emirates, Russia, New Zealand, and Brazil. America, Singapore, Italy, Algeria, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Croatia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, And Spain.

This came during the press conference held at the Dubai Sports Council headquarters yesterday, during which the director of the Hamdan Sports Complex, Abdullah Shahdad, the owner of the Double D Sports Club, the organizer of the event, Daria Galkina, and the five-time Olympic gold medalist, Russian swimmer, Anastasia Davydova, spoke.

Shahdad said in the press conference: “The World Artistic Swimming League is the largest in the world in the sport of artistic swimming, as it brings together a large number of teams and national teams from various countries of the world, and this championship comes from among 58 various international and local sporting events, held at the Hamdan Sports Complex.” Annually, it includes 28 Olympic and non-Olympic sports games, in addition to numerous community events, and training camps for teams, national teams, and Olympic champions who choose the Hamdan Complex to be the headquarters for their training in preparation. For the largest international tournaments.

Shahdad added: “We have swimming events held annually at the Hamdan Complex, but this is the largest international championship among artistic swimming championships, and we are pleased to support the private sector, including academy clubs and event organizers, to organize such international championships that contribute to the development of sports and attracting and developing sports talents.” It also supports sports tourism.”

Olympic champion Anastasia said: “I am happy to participate in this tournament, and I am pleased to see this large number of participants, especially the participation of local Emirati talent. I believe that this is a great achievement, and it is important to host such international tournaments that contribute to the development of the sport and enhance its spread. It also increases the number of countries participating in it, and I confirm that Dubai is capable of hosting such major tournaments and making them a success with distinction, as we are accustomed to. I am pleased to join this event to share my experiences in this sport, as I I started training at the age of six years, and participated in many international tournaments from which I learned a lot.”

The Olympic champion added: “I advise every player who joins this sport to work on developing her skills through training and full commitment until she becomes an Olympic champion, as an Olympic champion needs 8 to 10 years of training until she can achieve a gold medal in the Olympics, while children can train from 4 to 5 years.” Hours a day, while young girls need to train from 5 to 6 hours a day, and for young men, training can be done from 10 to 11 hours a day, and it also requires qualified trainers, and in Dubai there are “There are many advanced coaches who are capable of shaping an Olympic champion if she commits to the required daily training.”