{"id":7480,"date":"2025-06-04T11:29:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/?p=7480"},"modified":"2025-06-04T11:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:29:05","slug":"athletics-athletics-sports-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/2025\/06\/04\/athletics-athletics-sports-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"ATHLETICS &#8211; Athletics Sports Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p>Merryland International School, Abu Dhabi, proudly participated in the recent Athletics Sports Championship, where both our boys and girls teams showcased remarkable talent and determination. The event witnessed enthusiastic participation from our students, who competed with great confidence against schools across the region.<\/p>\n<p>With over 60 students entering in the first round, Merryland had qualifiers in nearly every category for the finals\u2014a true testament to our students\u2019 hard work and training.<\/p>\n<p>Notable Achievements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Malek Yassir Mohamed (Grade 8-E) \u2013 Silver Medal in Long Jump (Under 13)<\/li>\n<li>Mahmoud Mohamed (Grade 10-E) \u2013 Bronze Medal in Long Jump (Under 13)<\/li>\n<li>Keerthi Sree Santhosh (Grade 10-B) \u2013 Silver Medal in 200m (Under 17)<\/li>\n<li>Maymunah Oluwasolape (Grade 10-B) \u2013 Bronze Medal in 200m (Under 17)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the relay races:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Under 13 Girls\u2019 Team secured SILVER MEDALS<\/li>\n<li>The Under 17 Girls\u2019 Team triumphed with GOLD MEDALS<\/li>\n<li>The Under 17 Boys\u2019 Team earned a BRONZE MEDAL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was truly a fantastic year for athletics at Merryland. Congratulations to all our young athletes for their hard work, dedication, and sportsmanship!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7481\" src=\"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-1.42.47-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-1.42.47-PM.jpeg 1600w, http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-1.42.47-PM-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-1.42.47-PM-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-1.42.47-PM-768x576.jpeg 768w, 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The event witnessed enthusiastic participation from our students, who competed with great confidence against schools across the region. With over 60 students entering in the first round, Merryland had qualifiers in nearly every category for the finals\u2014a true testament to our students\u2019 hard work and training. Notable Achievements: Malek Yassir Mohamed (Grade 8-E) \u2013 Silver Medal in Long Jump (Under 13) Mahmoud Mohamed (Grade 10-E)&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,14,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7480"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7496,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7480\/revisions\/7496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}