JU-JITSU BID GETS UNDERWAY TOMORROW

The national team will begin its bid for Asian Ju-Jitsu Championship medals on Wednesday in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator.

Abdul Karim Al-Rasheed will be first up in the -69kg weight which includes 23 athletes from 14 countries. Hussein Al-Rasheed competes in the -77kg weight which includes 24 entries from 15 countries.

Bader Al-Khuzaie and Abdul Rahman Abu Rumaila will both compete in the -85Kg category, which includes and 23 fighters from 13 countries. At the last edition in Kazakhstan two years ago, Jordan won three medals though Abdul Karim Rashid, Zaid Jardwa and Yasmin Khatib.