In pictures: UAE CrossFit training for Seoul

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  DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, MAY 21, 2013. Saud Al Shamsi (in green trainers and a checked shorts) and his cousin Ali Bin Zayed (White trainers and white shorts) recently qualified for the regionals of the CrossFit Games to be held in Seoul, South Korea. Here they are preparing for the upcoming tournament at the Dubes CrossFit gym in Rashidiya. With them is Saeed Bin Sulaiman (Gray tshirt, red sneakers and shaved head) who will be one of the judges in the competition. (ANTONIE ROBERTSON / The National)

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  Ali Bin Zayed is one of the seven who have made it through to South Korea. Antonie Robertson / The National

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  “I’m covered in bruises,� says Laura Matthews, 29, a British personal trainer who is one of four women in The Burn Room team travelling to Seoul. “I’m training so hard every day, at least five times a week, because I’m paranoid about the muscl???

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  As there is no CrossFit box in Abu Dhabi as yet, Justin Ahrens has been travelling to Dubai from the capital daily after work to train himself at The Burn Room. Lee Hoagland / The National

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  Mahmood Khalil Al Shalan (20) works out on the running track of Jumeirah Open Beach. Antonie Roberston / The National