Inan Abdul Hannaan, Yasin Ahmed Nashid, and Kayan Abdulla Areef claimed titles in this year’s Junior Surfing Championship in their respective age categories.
Inan Abdul Hannaan, Yasin Ahmed Nashid, and Kayan Abdulla Areef claimed titles in this year’s Junior Surfing Championship in their respective age categories.
Yasin successfully defended his Under-14 title, Kayan won the Under-16 category, and Inan won the Under-18 category.
In the Under-14 final heat, Yasin scored 9.83 points to defeat Nooh Mohamed Dhunaim Irushad, who scored 6.57 points. Yasin advanced from the semi-finals after competing against Ahmed Rafan Rauf, while Nooh reached the finals by winning against Hussain Azan Ismail.
Kayan won the Under-16 title, scoring 11.33 points in the final heat against Yasin, who held the title in this age group last year.
Yasin scored 7.24 points in the final. Kayan had narrowly advanced to the final by beating Inan with 7.0 points, edging him out by a 0.1 point difference.
Yasin reached the final after scoring 12 points against Yusuf Kayan Hamdan Zaki in the semi-finals, following his 15-point quarterfinal victory, the highest individual score of this year’s Junior Championships.
Inan won the Under-18 category with a final score of 10.17 points, defeating Yusuf Kayan, who scored 7.50 points. Yusuf Kayan reached the finals after defeating last year’s champion in this category, Sayyid Salahuddin, while Inan advanced by besting Ahmed Luzain in the semi-finals.
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