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Through swimming and judo competitions
National swimming team athlete, Serena Mahyar, and national judo team athlete, Huda Weshah, begin their participation today, Sunday, in the fourth edition of the Youth Olympic Games, held in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.
At 1:00 PM Jordan time, Mahyar will compete in the 400-meter freestyle race, where she will race in the first heat alongside swimmers from Zimbabwe, Suriname, and Ivory Coast, starting from lane five.
The race will see the participation of 20 swimmers divided into three heats, with Mahyar being the second youngest participant (14 years, 7 months, and 11 days old), according to the list of participants for this race.
Mahyar will continue her participation in the Games by competing in the 100-meter and 50-meter freestyle races on November 2 and 4, respectively.
For his part, national swimming team athlete, Michael Al-Wer, begins his participation tomorrow, Monday, by competing in the 100-meter freestyle race, before later participating in the 50-meter and 200-meter freestyle races.
As for Weshah, the judo draw resulted in her facing Greek athlete Eirini Papatheodorou in the round of 16 of the under 44 kg weight category, which starts at 1:00 PM Jordan time.
This weight category will see the participation of 12 athletes, including representatives from Poland, Senegal, Venezuela, Djibouti, Turkey, Belarus, Botswana, the Dominican Republic, Mauritania, and Italy, in addition to Jordan and Greece.
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