SWAT Challenge in Dubai: women’s team from Sichuan beats men’s team from Orlando

What the video shows

The clip comes from the UAE SWAT Challenge 2026 in Dubai. It shows the Officer Rescue event, in which a team must shoot, sprint and carry a tyre weighing around 120 kilograms. The tyre may be neither dragged nor rolled.

In this run, the all-female police team from Sichuan was around 16 seconds faster than an all-male team from the Orlando Police Department. According to reports, the women’s time was 3:00 minutes and the men’s 3:16 minutes plus penalty seconds. It was China’s first participation with an all-female team.

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The competition in numbers

The UAE SWAT Challenge is organised by Dubai Police and is considered the largest competition of its kind.

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One run is not yet an overall win

The clip shows a direct comparison of two teams, not the final result. The Officer Rescue event was won overall by teams from Kazakhstan, who took all three podium places. Penalty seconds are added to the running time, as the ten seconds for the Orlando team show.

The performance is still remarkable. The women competed under the same rules as the men’s teams, with no concessions. Media reports stressed that in this run, coordination and clean execution counted for more than sheer strength.

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How the Sichuan team fared

The team consists of eight female officers from the Sichuan provincial special unit. The youngest had only been in the police for a few months when selection for Dubai began. In the overall ranking of women’s teams, the team finished second, and it won the women’s category in the obstacle course.

For carrying the tyre, the team relied on three women who lifted it together on command. Exactly this moment can be seen in the video and made the clip popular on social media.

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Would you have expected that?

That’s the question we asked when we published the clip on our TikTok channel @pribblymedia. The video comes from the official UAE SWAT Challenge broadcast on YouTube. This article provides the background and sources that a short clip lacks.

Sources: Women’s police team from Sichuan at the SWAT Challenge (TikTok post by @pribblymedia)