Jaafar Al-Daoud wins bronze at the Paris Taekwondo Grand Prix
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National Taekwondo team player, Jaafar Al-Daoud, was crowned on Friday evening with the bronze medal at the Grand Prix - Paris leg, which is considered one of the most prominent and strongest Taekwondo tournaments globally, featuring the top 32 players in the world rankings for each weight category.
Al-Daoud succeeded in winning the bronze medal in the under 58 kg weight category after achieving three consecutive victories, adding his second Grand Prix medal of the year to his record, having previously won bronze at the Rome leg last June.
Al-Daoud began his journey in the tournament by defeating Slovenia's Domen Molj 2-0 in the Round of 32, before overcoming Turkey's Furkan Ubeyde Çamoğlu with the same score in the Round of 16. He continued his stellar performance by securing his third victory against Greece's Aristidis Nikolaos Psarros with a 2-0 score in the quarter-finals.
In the semi-finals, Al-Daoud lost to South Korea's Park Tae-joon, the gold medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympics, ending his participation in the tournament with the bronze medal.
