Saturday 07 / September / 2024
Paris: Oman’s youngster swimmer Issa al Adawi began his warm up training sessions on Friday at Paris La Defense Arena under watchful eyes of his Tunisian head coach Amer Ben Ruqaya.
On the other side, the runners Ali al Balushi and Mazoon al Alawi will commence their first preparatory sessions at Stadium de France on Saturday. The national athletics and swimming team players arrived at the Olympic Village late on Thursday evening.
Oman’s delegation attended the Technical meeting for the Aquatics competitions which took place at the Paris La Defense Arena in presence of all the team’s representatives.
The meeting reviewed the players' lists for various Aquatics competitions and confirmed the official training schedules, along with the rules and regulations for each event.
Team managers were reminded to inform swimmers to adhere strictly to their allotted training times to ensure equal opportunity for all participants.
More than 854 athletes, comprising 463 men and 391 women representing 187 countries will take part in the Aquatics events. Athletes from the Olympic Refugee Team, under the International Olympic Committee, will also take part in these events.
The national Swimmer Issa al Adawi, who will make his second consecutive presence in Paris Olympics, will compete in the 100 meter freestyle swimming event on Tuesday. The heats competitions will begin at 1:00 PM French time (3:00 PM Oman time).
He will eye to deliver a different show from his previous participation in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Al Adawi will be the second representative for our national teams in this essential Olympic event after shooter Said al Khatri, who will commence his participation on Monday at the Chateauroux Shooting Center.
The preliminary heats will be unveiled in the coming days. Al Adawi will compete alongside with notable swimmers, including China's Pan Zhanil, American Jack Alex, Australian Kyle Chalmers, French Maxime Grousset, Hungarian Nandor Nemeth and many other swimmers across the World.
The swimming competitions will run from Saturday to August 5 while water polo competitions from Saturday to August 8 and diving events will be held during the same period. Open water competitions are scheduled for August 8, 9, and 10.
Outstanding show
Tunisian coach Amer Ben Ruqaya, the national swimming team head coach, said that swimmer Issa will enter this Olympic Games with different ambitions and goals compared to his previous participation.
“ His current technical and physical indicators differ significantly from the previous Olympics in Tokyo. The swimmer having developed both physically and technically beside he is qualifying for a notable Olympic presence. He had participated in the World Aquatics Championships in a 25-meter pool last February in Doha and resumed daily training after the academic year ended. This is positioning him to achieve new personal and record-breaking times,” he said
“ We hope he can manage to achieve his best time in this Olympic participation with positive expectations based on his technical and physical indicators and the training he has undergone. The recent preparatory program included multiple training sessions in Muscat including two sessions daily and he is aiming for optimal technical and physical readiness,” The Tunisian head coach said
Breaking the personal record
Swimmer Issa al Adawi affirmed that he is looking to for a different show and more improved performance compared to his debut Olympic in Tokyo 2020. “ This is my second presence in Olympics and during these three years I had significant developments in my technical and preparatory program.
The training was consistent and set for long-term where I focused on reaching peak readiness. I worked hard on endurance and rapid starts training for the first 25 meters, with coach segmenting the 100-meter freestyle into four parts with each focusing on specific technical aspects to achieve the desired time,” he ended
