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A Saudi team member leaps between obstacles.
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A Lebanese team member crawls through a pipe on the final day of the $170,000 Swat challenge on February 14, 2020. All photos by Reem Mohammed / The National
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Drenched from a water stage, Lebanon's Internal Security Forces take a brief break during the 2020 challenge.
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The challenges demanded fitness, planning and strong team work.
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Andrade Silva from Sao Paulo's Swat team balances on a wooden beam.
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Brazil's competitors climb on one another to make it over a high wall.
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In total 46 teams took part in operations in the 2020 challenge.
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Brazil's squad members told of tackling kidnappings, drug cartels and gang members in their home city of Sao Paulo.
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Team work is a crucial part of completing the challenges.
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The challenge attracts teams from across the globe.
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Saudi sent half a dozen teams to compete in the 2020 challenge.
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A Saudi team member leaps between obstacles.
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A Lebanese team member crawls through a pipe on the final day of the $170,000 Swat challenge on February 14, 2020. All photos by Reem Mohammed / The National
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Drenched from a water stage, Lebanon's Internal Security Forces take a brief break during the 2020 challenge.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/IBLEHQA74URIJRO3TI7XU72VX4.jpg?smart=true&auth=60f82025d86da2d9c9c5a3755877755dfced841a8fe567616ab9051a3ae10c79&width=400&height=225)
The challenges demanded fitness, planning and strong team work.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/RQXQGQAYDKNE523JPZG23A3YDM.jpg?smart=true&auth=60aa3d55fa982b4e8c00cf77c5c32fa0f6b9085b6ac5245940862287e4505e55&width=400&height=225)
Andrade Silva from Sao Paulo's Swat team balances on a wooden beam.
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Brazil's competitors climb on one another to make it over a high wall.
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In total 46 teams took part in operations in the 2020 challenge.
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Brazil's squad members told of tackling kidnappings, drug cartels and gang members in their home city of Sao Paulo.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/WRPJ5BVQ4LZOF64DB5NJRHX3TY.jpg?smart=true&auth=9632c60f618391bbccab56827dc4f26f1fa55dfd753300d5170f32df61a4450b&width=400&height=225)
Team work is a crucial part of completing the challenges.
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The challenge attracts teams from across the globe.
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Saudi sent half a dozen teams to compete in the 2020 challenge.
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A Saudi team member leaps between obstacles.
Swat teams from across the globe to go head to head in Dubai
Teams will take part in five tests - tactical, assault, officer rescues, tower events and obstacle courses
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Salam Al Amir
10 March, 2022
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