UAE Olympic Committee Celebrates Flag Day with Elite Athletes
The UAE Olympic Committee celebrated Flag Day with a documentary video featuring a select group of elite Emirati athletes. The production aimed to convey a national message that the flag is more than a banner. It is a symbol of national identity and an emblem of unity among the people of the UAE, bringing them together in their shared ambition to represent the nation.
Taking part were Faisal Al Ketbi, a former member of the UAE national jiu-jitsu team; Abdullah Jassim, a member of the UAE national cycling team; Salma Al Marri and Mohammed Adel Al Ali, members of the UAE national athletics team specialising in hammer throw; Saeed Shehab Al Ali, a UAE national team swimmer; and Shamma Al Kalbani, a member of the UAE national jiu-jitsu team.
The conversation explored the athletes’ sporting journeys and experiences in training and competition, as well as their continuous efforts to improve their performance, results and records, strengthening their presence at sporting events and raising the UAE’s name high.
The athletes’ participation reflected the diversity of their sporting disciplines and their unity of purpose. The video carried a message that the flag unites the people of the UAE, and that raising it is both a responsibility and a source of pride renewed in every arena.
