GLORY FOR JORDAN'S TAEKWONDO KIDS
Jun 06, 2017
Jordan's youngsters have excelled by winning three medals already at the Asian U14 Taekwondo Championships taking place in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.
Majdi Rabab’ah won sliver in the -45kg after losing the final to Kazakhstan’s Bekizan Novetch.
Earlier in the day, Majdi beat The Philippines' David Mango 19-7 and Saudi Arabia's Mahmoud Al Nweiser 15-2.
In quarter final he defeated Iran’s Amir Arsalan 16-4.
His teammate Ward Ezzat also won silver in the 37kg category after losing the final to Korean Kim Dohyuen 14-2.
Ward reached the final with wins over Kazakhstan’s Gazez Nurbek (15-9), Saudi Arabia's Mohannad Masri (22-8) and Indonesia’s Rafa Sbeia (23-9).
Baha’ Al Jamal also won bronze in the -49kg after losing his semifinal to Iran’s Rostam Shayan 17-5.
Baha’ earlier beat Chinese Taipei’s Ming See (11-10) and the Philippines' David Catabye (13-0).
Meanwhile, Hala Malkawi lost in the quarterfinal to Chinese Taipei’s Xin Chen and teammate Islam Al Zawahreh lost to a Korean opponent. Tomorrow, Feisla AbdulJawad will compete in the 57kg, Fahed Al Sbeih in +65kg, Zeid Hjazeen in -65kg, Ibrahim Asfar in -33kg, Ward Al Ragad -37kg, Elopeian Al Zeyoud in -59kg, Leen Abu Hussein in -55kg and Jumana Asfar in -51kg.
