Six athletes to represent UAE at Tokyo 2020

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Six athletes will represent the UAE at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The National Olympic Committee said the 18-member UAE delegation will have six athletes at the event, which runs from July 23 to August 8.

They will participate in four events - shooting, judo, swimming and athletics.

Shooter Saif bin Futtais will open the UAE's campaign when he takes part in the men's skeet event.

Victor Sktov (73 kg judo), Yousuf Al Matrooshi (100 m freestyle swimming), Ivan Romanenko (over-100 kg judo), Hassan Al Noobi (100 m race) and Fatima Al Hosani (discus throw) are the other participants.

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