AL-DAWOOD WINS ASIAN TAEKWONDO GOLD

Jaafar Al-Dawood has clinched a brilliant gold medal at the Asian Senior Taekwondo Championships in Mongolia.

Al-Dawood successfully secured his gold in the -54kg weight category after winning all four of his bouts.

He opened his campaign with a 2-0 victory over his Thai opponent and then defeated a South Korean fighter, 2-0, in the quarter-final. He then beat his Kazakhstani opponent in the last four, 2-1, before sealing his golden triumph by beating an Iranian fighter, 2-0, in the final.