National wrestling team player Ramzi Al-Marafi was crowned with the gold medal, while his teammate Yahya Abu Tabikh won the bronze medal in the World Veterans Wrestling Championship, hosted by the capital Amman at the Princess Sumaya Hall in Al-Hussein Youth City.
Al-Marafi managed to win the gold medal in the 78 kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition, starting his journey by defeating Kazakhstan's Utemis 9-0 in the quarter-finals, before overcoming another Kazakhstani, Eduard Dormanov, in the semi-finals to reach the final match, which he clinched against American Andrei Stashonak 7-0 to be crowned with the gold medal.
In the 100 kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition, Yahya Abu Tabikh won the bronze medal after securing victories in two matches against Russia's Berishev and Croatia's Kadicka.
Prior to that, national wrestling team player Hani Al-Marafi won the silver medal in the 130 kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition, while Saleh Al-Zureikat won the bronze medal in the 130 kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition.
The championship witnesses the participation of more than 500 players representing 50 countries from around the world, competing in the approved weights and categories, while targeting veteran categories aged 35 to 60 years old.
