AL-MASATFA, NOOR ALLAH, AL-DROSS CONTINUE JORDAN KARATE BID AT ASIAD
Sep 20, 2026
Jordan will be stepping up its medal hunt tomorrow (Monday) at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games when Karate fighters Abdel-Rahman Al-Masatfa, Noor Allah Nasser and Jood Al-Dross launch their campaigns.
Olympic medallist Al-Masatfa opens his participation in the -67kg weight division in the round of 16 against Laos fighter Bounna Somphone.
In the quarter-final of the -61kg weight, Nasser meets Cambodian fighter Fan Chhakriya, while Al-Dross takes on Saudi Arabia’s Rana Ali in the same round for the -68kg division.
On Sunday, Abdullah Hammad lost to Japan's Hiromu Hashimoto 3-6 in the round of 32 for the under-60 kg weight division and Yara Nasser lost her +68kg quarter-final to Nepal’s Arika Gurung 1-7.