MORE JORDAN JU-JITSU MEDALS AT ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Jul 18, 2019
Basil Fanous and Zaid Sami have won gold and bronze medals for Jordan on the second day of the fourth Asian Ju-Jitsu Championships in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator.
Fanous beat Kazakhstan's Mahashiv Rizat, The Philippines Ladera Luigi and Kyrgyzstan's Ruslan Agdev to reach the final where he saw off South Korea’s Huang Ming.
Sami performed well all the way to semi-final where he lost to Korea’s Huang Ming and was forced to drop into the bronze medal group where successfully beat a host fighter.
Jordan's participation will conclude with Yara Qaqish, who won bronze at the World Championships last year.