JORDAN WIN FIRST MEDALS AT ASIAN GAMES

Jordan have picked up their first two medals at the 20th Asian Games in the Japanese city of Nagoya through Karate stars Jood Al-Dross and a bronze via athlete Abdel-Rahman Al-Masatfa.
Al-Dross won silver in the -68kg weight category, her Asian Games medal having previously won the bronze medal in the last edition in China.
She launched her path to the final medal by defeating Saudi Arabia’s Rana Ali in the quarter-finals, before overcoming Hong Kong’s Wong Lee in the semi-finals.
In the final, Al-Dross lost to China’s Li Qiao to settle for the silver medal.
Meanwhile, Olympic medallist Al-Masatfa won bronze medal in the -67kg weight category, his fourth medal at the Asian Games history and reinforcing his record as the most decorated Jordanian athlete in Asiad history.
He opened with a win over Laos fighter Somphone Bounna in the round of 16, before overcoming world number one, Kazakhstan’s Olzhas Altynbek in the quarter-finals.
But in the semi-final he lost to Uzbekistan's Abdulwahob Rashidov to compete in the bronze medal match where he defeated Palestine’s Mahmoud Deifallah.
Elsewhere, in the -61kg division, Noor Allah Nasser bid farewell to competitions after losing in the quarter-final to Cambodia’s Fan Chhakriya.
Jordan’s Karate fighters conclude their competitions tomorrow when Mohammad Al-Jafari contests the -84kg weight division.