IBRAHIM TO REPRESENT JUDO AT ASIAN GAMES

The Jordan Judo Federation has announced that Younis Ibrahim will represent them at the 18th Asian Games to be held in Indonesia from August 18-September 3.

Coached by Mohammad Khalaf, Younis has been training hard to make a strong impact at the event which will attract many of the world’s best.

He will compete in the -73kg and will be looking for a strong showing to improve his Olympic ranking.

“We have been training for a long time now for this,” Khalaf said. “Younis has a great talent and we nominated him because we know he can mix it up with the best in Asia. “The level will be very tough because there will be champions from Japan and Mongolia competing. But this is what we want. We want to fight the best. It’s a chance for him to improve his ranking.”