Omani 49er team Musab al Hadi and Waleed al Kindi are showing strong signs while competing in Australia, as they build up for their Olympic qualification event next month. Just one more big test awaits Oman’s Olympic hopefuls Musab al Hadi and Waleed al Kindi ahead of next month’s qualification for Tokyo.
Musab and Waleed, who are the reigning Asian 49er Champions, are in line to become the first Omani sailors in history to qualify for the Olympic Games, with the pair to compete for the final Asian place on offer in Tokyo next month in Abu Dhabi.
The build-up to the historic campaign is going well, with Musab and Waleed currently in Geelong, Australia, with fellow Omani 49er team Ahmed al Hasani and Abdulrahman al Mashari. Both teams have just finished racing at the 2020 Oceania 49er Championship at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, the same venue that will host the 2020 World 49er Championship later this week.

Musab said: “The time here in Geelong has been invaluable in preparing for the Olympic qualification event next month. It really has been the perfect warm-up event.
“The conditions have been quite tricky but we definitely learnt a lot in the strong winds. The competition here is world-class and it can only make us stronger as a team.”
The World Championship, which starts on Monday 10 February, will be the final event for Musab and Waleed before they attempt to both defend their gold medal and make Olympic history at the 2020 Asian Championship in Abu Dhabi in March.