TAEKWONDO BRONZE MEDALS FOR JORDAN AT ASIAN GAMES

Saleh Al-Sharabaty and Jaafar Al-Daoud have won a pair of bronze medals for Jordan at the Asian Games – Nagoya 2026, held in Japan.

Al-Sharabaty won bronze in the -80kg weight category, adding a third Asian Games medal to his career following his Hangzhou 2022 silver and Jakarta 2018 bronze.

He has opened his campaign by defeating Tajikistan’s Aslanbek Fazilov, 2-0, in the round of 16, before overcoming Japan’s Takato Kato by the same scoreline in the quarter-final.

In his semi-final, he lost to Uzbekistan’s Jasurbek Jaysunov, settling for the bronze.

Nineteen-year-old Al-Daoud marked his first Asian Games with bronze in the -58kg weight.

He opened his campaign with a 2-0 victory over Kyrgyzstan’s Alisher Asimbek Ulu in the round of 16, then beat Vietnam’s Hong Trong Nguyen 2-1 in the quarter-final. But in the semi-final, Al-Daoud lost to The Philippines’ Kurt Bryan Barbosa, concluding his first Asiad participation by capturing the bronze medal.