Sharjah 24 – WAM: Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office, has inaugurated the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship 2022, which is taking place from 29th October to 8th November at the Jiu-Jitsu Arena in Abu Dhabi.

Following the event, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed presented medals to the winners of the first day’s competitions, in the presence of Abdel Moneim Al Hashemi, Chairman of the UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation, President of the Asian Jiu-Jitsu Union, and Senior Vice President of the Jiu-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF), and Panagiotis Theodoropoulos, President of the Jiu-Jitsu International Federation.

He also recognised the work of the UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation in providing the UAE national team with a platform to showcase its discipline and skill and to be a source of pride for the nation.

The opening ceremony, which saw the presence of several officials, also welcomed the teams participating in the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship with a display of the players’ national flags.

The 2022 edition is the third Jiu-Jitsu World Championship to be hosted in Abu Dhabi, with an expected 2,000 male and female competitors from 70 nations expected to participate.

The UAE national team won five medals (two gold, two bronze and one silver) at the World Games in Birmingham, USA, in July.

They have also won both previous editions of the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship, which took place in Abu Dhabi in 2019 and 2021.