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Jordan raised its tally in the twentieth edition of the Asian Games - Nagoya 2026 to 11 medals, including two golds, three silvers, and six bronzes, one day before the end of the Games, marking the best record for Jordanian participation in the history of the Asian Games in terms of medal colors.
National Taekwondo Team player Fadia Al-Khurafan won the gold medal in the under 57 kg category on Saturday, while her teammates Zaid Mustafa and Muhammad Al-Adaraba won two bronze medals.
Al-Khurafan secured the gold after winning the final match against China's Zhang Chuling with a score of 2-1, crowning her as the champion of the under 57 kg category.
Al-Khurafan started her journey from the quarter-finals, winning against the Filipino Jasika Kanbal, before defeating the Thai Natkamon Wasana in the semi-finals, and then securing the final against Zhang Chuling.
The Secretary-General of the Jordanian Olympic Committee, Rana Al-Saeed, awarded Al-Khurafan the gold medal during the award ceremony.
In the under 68 kg category, Zaid Mustafa won the bronze medal after defeating the Afghan Hakimatullah Zain in the round of 16, then the Mongolian Enkhbayar Gantulga in the quarter-finals, before losing to the Iranian Mehdi Haji in the semi-finals.
Muhammad Al-Adaraba also won the bronze in the over 80 kg category, after defeating the Japanese Hidenori Ibata in the round of 16, then the Kazakh Biberis Kaplan in the quarter-finals, before losing to the Iranian Arian Salimi in the semi-finals.
In the over 67 kg category, the national team player Rama Abu Al-Rub was eliminated from the quarter-finals after losing to the Korean Song Dabin with a score of 2-0, following her victory over the Qatari Noor Mohammed in the round of 16.
The national Taekwondo team raised its tally in the Nagoya Asiad to 5 medals, including one gold and four bronzes, marking the best record for Jordanian Taekwondo in the history of its participation in the Asian Games.
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