JUDOKAS LAUNCH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CAMPAIGN

Jordan launched their World Judo Championships campaign in Budapest, Hungary, with a couple of opening day defeats.

Gaith Salman was beaten in his -60kg opening round by Croatia’s Bernard Azenovech while Bilal Al Salman missed out to Georgia’s Vazha Margvelashvili in the -66kg weight.

Jordan has five more athletes to come in Mahmoud Al Ms’deen (-100kg), Mohammad Al Rfuh (+100kg), Baker Al Zeiadeen (-81kg), Salman Hammad (-90kg) and Salman Yunis (-73kg) The tournament runs through to September 3 and has welcomed over 750 athletes representing 126 countries.