Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, August 13 (Reporter Song Fangcan) On August 12-13, the UFO shooting range of the shooting center of the Rio Olympic Games welcomed an interesting player. He wore the No.2023 competition suit and held a 12-barrel shotgun with one stroke and one style, showing professionalism, every move and no anger.
He is said bin Maktoum bin Rashid Allermark Toum, the beloved son of the former Sheikh of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the nephew of the current Sheikh of Dubai, the vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, the owner of Dubai Youth Football Club, and a skeet shooter in this Olympic Games.
Born in October 1976, Prince Said’s father was Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Allermark Toum, the last chief of Dubai Emirates. Sheikh also served as vice president and prime minister of UAE. However, in 2006, Sheikh died of a heart attack when he went to Australia to attend the Brisbane Jockey Club, at the age of 62. After Sheikh’s death, his 30-year-old son Prince Said did not take over as the chief, but became a brother and his brother.
However, Saeed inherited many industries from his father, including his beloved horse racing "Lammtarra". His father’s assets are said to be tens of billions of dollars, and he has inherited a lot of them. In the official information about him in the Olympic Games, he also clearly emphasized his royal status, confirming that he is a member of the royal family of Dubai Emirates in the United Arab Emirates, his family owner is the world-class gold racecourse Godofen Racecourse, and he is also the chairman of Dubai Youth Football Club. In their career list, Olympic officials did not indicate "athletes" like other athletes, but "businessmen".
According to the official information provided by the Olympic Games, Said has three children. However, news shows that this figure is obviously underestimated: Said has three wives and currently has nine children, including a pair of twins.
With such a prominent status and amazing wealth, Saeed is a sports fan. In addition to inheriting his father’s racecourse, he also runs his own football club with outstanding performance in the UAE Super League. In addition, Dubai’s royal family has a tradition of martial arts. Said’s cousin Ahmed is a family model. He won the first Olympic gold medal for the United Arab Emirates in the men’s double skeet competition at the Athens Olympic Games.
Not to be outdone, Saeed began to take part in UFO shooting training at the age of 19. Since 2000, he has appeared in the Olympic Games, when he won the ninth place in Sydney. This also greatly inspired him and made him feel that the success of copying his cousin was just around the corner. Since then, he has become a must-see guest in every Olympic Games, ranking 37th in Athens and 22nd in Beijing Olympic Games. As the flag bearer of the United Arab Emirates at the London Olympics, he performed well and won 13th place. In addition, he is also a frequent visitor to the shooting world championships, ranking between 15 and 100. In 2011, he ushered in a peak of his career. At the Shooting World Cup held in the United Arab Emirates, he won the championship at home. This Olympic Games is also the fifth Olympic Games he has participated in continuously, and he is looking forward to a breakthrough.
The UAE Olympic Committee attaches great importance to Saeed’s participation and expects the Dubai royal to win a gold medal for the country. On its official website, it immediately notified Saeed’s appearance time, and the UAE Olympic Committee reminded people to pay attention to watching Saeed’s game, even if it was at 5: 30 in the local morning. The Olympic Committee of the country also emphasized that Saeed is "our hero". Although he was disturbed in preparing for the war after he arrived in Brazil, he concentrated on braving the dirt, dust and wind and rain of the stadium, "showing his strength in body and spirit."
In the changeable weather of Rio Olympic shooting range, Saeed finally successfully completed the men’s skeet competition. On the first day of the game, he hit 23 in the first group, and then he played well in the second group, hitting 24. In the third group, the scene was stormy, and some players even hit only 21. However, Saeed resisted the pressure, hit 23 shots and entered the next day’s competition as the 14th.
On the morning of the 13th, Saeed went into battle again. During the competition, unlike other nervous players, he seemed carefree and paced with peace of mind. He doesn’t like to talk to people, and he doesn’t get angry with himself. While other players are staring at the game nervously, even while waiting, it is a simulated shooting, but he is thinking quietly. In the fourth group, he hit 23. In the last group match in the afternoon, Saeed finally played his normal level and scored a perfect score of 25. However, because of the weather disturbance before, he was out of luck, ranking 17th with a total score of 118 (in fact, tied for 16th), and missed the subsequent semi-finals of the semi-finals and gold medal competition. Obviously, the rich prince was not satisfied with this achievement. After the game, he dumped his hand, then shook his head, took his coach and two followers, and left without saying a word.
However, although the prince has extremely high requirements for his Olympic achievements, in the eyes of the UAE media "Sheikh 247", this veteran of the five Olympic Games is enough to be recorded in the history of the country’s participation in the Olympic Games. The media pointed out that Prince Said, who can participate in the Olympic Games, is by no means a hollow reputation. He was qualified for the Olympic Games in the third place at the Asian Championships held in New Delhi at the beginning of the year. At the Olympic Games, he was a slow-paced athlete, but years of training made him feel comfortable in the cruel competition and made few mistakes. The report also stressed that even if the results in 118 can’t make Prince Said advance to the semi-finals, it is enough to make the UAE proud and let the UAE flag "proudly fly high over the Rio Olympic Games"! (End)