JORDAN EMPTY HANDED ON DAY TWO
Aug 25, 2017
Jordan were unable to follow-up their glorious opening day at the 3rd World Taekwondo Championships for Cadets in Egypt on Day Two.
With two bronze medals on Day One, there were high hopes on Friday but the fighters couldn’t quite deliver.
In the -33kg, Ibrahim Al Asfar lost in the quarter-final to South Korea’s Heok Hang, 22-11, despite earlier beating Tunisia’s Adam Al Ghruiti, 17-8, and Saudi Arabia’s Lu’ai Ghanem.
Teammate Leen Al Rawashdeh lost in the second round of the -47kg to Brazil’s Amanda Carlos 7-2.
Earlier she beat Azerbaijan’s Elin Eloneva. Both Ward Al Raqad and Hala Malkawi lost in the first round.
On Saturday, Mohammad Othman faces Belarus’s Tsimafi Stiabanao in the first round of the -41kg, while Majdi Al Rabab’ah opens against Tunisia’s Jehad Mathlothi in the -45kg.
Jood Al Ajrami will compete against Egypt’s Nadine Mahmoud in the girls -44kg, while Leen Abu Hussein will face Brazil’s Victoria Rodriguez in the -55kg.
Jordan won two bronze medals on Day One through Fahed Ammar (+65kg) and Jumana Al Asfar (-51kg).
