Desert Storms of the Asian Championships in Abu Dhabi
Two days of the competition are behind and the atmosphere at the stadium made athletes show the best of their skills they have been polishing in the build-up to the Asian Muaythai Championships televised live on the Olympic Channel.
Streamed Live on the Olympic Channel is an additional motivation for each athlete to show the best version of themselves and reveal all the beauty of Muaythai starting from Wai Kru finishing with the friendship hug after the bout.
It was a good day for the UAE as they opened their home event with two victories on the first day as Ibrahim Bilal (Senior Male Elite A 60 kg) and Amine El Moatassime (Senior Male Elite A 71 kg) gained victories in their divisions.
The second bout day Thai team went to action making its way up in the draw bracket. 7 victories out of 7 bouts today. A truly champions’ result.
In the female divisions, the Islamic countries start to show the power in women’s divisions as (AFG) Shabnam Hussain Zada debuts with the victory against Taipei. (LBN) Sara Idriss was victorious in a bout with Hong Kong.
One of the most decorated athletes of the event Yelaman Sayassatov gains his obligatory leaving nothing to a chance for the Taipei I-Chen Huang and his teammate Almaz Sarsembekov who just won gold at the IFMA Worlds had troubles with (IRQ) Ahmed Al -jubainawi going to the following round in a very close bout.