UAE judo chief says team capable of winning 'more than one medal' at Paris Olympics

The UAE will have high hopes of making a mark at the biggest stage as they get ready to participate in the Paris Olympics.

It will be the 11th Olympics for the nation, having first appeared at the Los Angeles Games in 1984.

Equestrian
Abdullah Humaid Al Muhairi, Abdullah Al Marri, Omar Al Marzouqi, Salem Al Suwaidi, and Ali Al Karbi (four to be selected).

Judo
Men: Narmandakh Bayanmunkh (66kg), Nugzari Tatalashvili (81kg), Aram Grigorian (90kg), Dzhafar Kostoev (100kg), Magomedomar Magomedomarov (+100kg); women's Khorloodoi Bishrelt (52kg).

Cycling
Safia Al Sayegh (women's road race).

Swimming
Men: Yousef Rashid Al Matroushi (100m freestyle); women: Maha Abdullah Al Shehi (200m freestyle).

Athletics
Maryam Mohammed Al Farsi (women's 100 metres).

The country won a first gold medal at the 2004 Athens Games, when Sheikh Ahmed bin Hasher won the men's double trap shooting.

Judo remains the only other Olympic event the UAE have medalled in. At the 2016 Rio Games, Moldovan-born Sergiu Toma won a bronze at 2016 Rio in the 81kg division.

Toma was part of the first batch of 'naturalised' athletes to compete for the UAE alongside fellow Moldovans Victor Scvortov and Ivan Remarenco, who also took part in the Rio Games. Scvortov and Remarenco also competed at Tokyo 2020 while Toma was ruled out by injury.

On Friday, the National Olympic Committee announced a 14-strong squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics featuring six judokas for the Games that begin July 26.

Representing the men are Narmandakh Bayanmunkh (66kg), Nugzari Tatalashvili (81kg), Aram Grigorian (90kg), Dzhafar Kostoev (100kg) and Magomedomar Magomedomarov (+100kg). Khorloodoi Bishrelt (52kg) is the lone female in the team.

Federation general secretary Nasser Al Tamimi