UAE's Mubarak Al Besher competes in the preliminary heats of the men's 100-metre breaststroke event at the Fina World Championships in Kazan on August 2, 2015.   AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BUREAU
UAE's Mubarak Al Besher competes in the preliminary heats of the men's 100-metre breaststroke event at the Fina World Championships in Kazan on August 2, 2015. AFP PHOTO / MARTIN BUREAU

UAE swimmer Mubarak Al Besher competes at World Aquatics Championships



Mubarak Al Besher of the UAE was eliminated form the 100-metre breaststroke competition on Sunday after finishing last in Heat 5 on the first day of the 2015 World Aquatics Championships indoor races.

Youssef El Kamash of Egypt won the 10-man race, with Edgar Crespo of Panama second, Joshua Hall of the Philippines third and Azad Al Barazi of Syria fourth.

Read more:

Al Besher finished with a time of 1 minute, 9.08 seconds, more than five seconds behind ninth-placed finisher Mauro Castillo of Mexico.

Al Besher, 27, will now focus on the 50m breaststroke preliminaries taking place on Tuesday, where he will again race in Heat 5.

akhaled@thenational.ae

Follow us on Twitter at NatSportUAE

COMPANY PROFILE
Name: HyperSpace
 
Started: 2020
 
Founders: Alexander Heller, Rama Allen and Desi Gonzalez
 
Based: Dubai, UAE
 
Sector: Entertainment 
 
Number of staff: 210 
 
Investment raised: $75 million from investors including Galaxy Interactive, Riyadh Season, Sega Ventures and Apis Venture Partners
COMPANY%20PROFILE
%3Cp%3E%3Cstrong%3ECompany%20name%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%20Revibe%20%0D%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EStarted%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%202022%0D%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EFounders%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%20Hamza%20Iraqui%20and%20Abdessamad%20Ben%20Zakour%20%0D%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EBased%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%20UAE%20%0D%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EIndustry%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%20Refurbished%20electronics%20%0D%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EFunds%20raised%20so%20far%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%20%2410m%20%0D%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EInvestors%3A%20%3C%2Fstrong%3EFlat6Labs%2C%20Resonance%20and%20various%20others%0D%3C%2Fp%3E%0A
VEZEETA PROFILE

Date started: 2012

Founder: Amir Barsoum

Based: Dubai, UAE

Sector: HealthTech / MedTech

Size: 300 employees

Funding: $22.6 million (as of September 2018)

Investors: Technology Development Fund, Silicon Badia, Beco Capital, Vostok New Ventures, Endeavour Catalyst, Crescent Enterprises’ CE-Ventures, Saudi Technology Ventures and IFC

APPLE IPAD MINI (A17 PRO)

Display: 21cm Liquid Retina Display, 2266 x 1488, 326ppi, 500 nits

Chip: Apple A17 Pro, 6-core CPU, 5-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine

Storage: 128/256/512GB

Main camera: 12MP wide, f/1.8, digital zoom up to 5x, Smart HDR 4

Front camera: 12MP ultra-wide, f/2.4, Smart HDR 4, full-HD @ 25/30/60fps

Biometrics: Touch ID, Face ID

Colours: Blue, purple, space grey, starlight

In the box: iPad mini, USB-C cable, 20W USB-C power adapter

Price: From Dh2,099


Middle East Today

The must read newsletter for the region

      By signing up, I agree to The National's privacy policy
      Middle East Today