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((Karate)) opens Jordan's medal tally at the Asian Games

Prince Omar attends the technical meeting for esports

((Karate)) opens Jordan's medal tally at the Asian Games

The national karate team opened Jordan's medal tally yesterday, Monday, at the 20th edition of the Asian Games, held in the Japanese city of Nagoya, by securing two medals: a silver by athlete Jude Al-Daroos and a bronze by athlete Abdel Rahman Al-Masatfa.

Jude Al-Daroos succeeded in winning the silver medal in the under-68 kg weight category, achieving her second medal in the history of her participation in the Asian Games, after having won the bronze medal in the previous edition, the Hangzhou Asian Games.

Al-Daroos began her journey toward the silver medal by defeating Saudi athlete Rana Ali with a score of 4-0 in the quarterfinals, before overcoming Hong Kong athlete Wong Li in the semifinals with the same score.

In the final match, Al-Daroos lost to Chinese athlete Li Xiao with a score of 3-4, taking home the silver medal.

For his part, Abdel Rahman Al-Masatfa won the bronze medal in the under-67 kg weight category, achieving his fourth medal in the history of his participation in the Asian Games and reinforcing his record as the most decorated Jordanian athlete in the history of the Asian Games.

Al-Masatfa began his participation by defeating Laos athlete Somphone Bounna with a score of 9-1 in the round of 16, before defeating the world number one, Kazakhstan's Olzhas Altyniek, with a score of 8-7 in the quarterfinals.

In the semifinals, Al-Masatfa lost to Uzbekistan's Abdulwahab Rashidov with a score of 0-8, moving to the bronze medal match, where he succeeded in defeating Palestinian athlete Mahmoud Deifallah, ensuring his ascent to the podium for the fourth time in his Asian Games career.

In the under-61 kg weight category, athlete Nour Allah Nasser exited the competition in the quarterfinals after losing to Cambodian athlete Fan Chakrya with a score of 0-6.

Our national karate team concludes its participation in the games today, Tuesday, as athlete Mohammad Al-Jafari competes in the under-84 kg weight category.

Prince Omar provides support

In this context, His Royal Highness Prince Omar bin Faisal, President of the Jordan Esports Federation, attended the technical meeting for esports competitions at the Asian Games, which was held at the Aichi Sky Expo center in Nagoya, in the presence of representatives of the participating teams.

During the meeting, the technical instructions and regulations for the competitions were reviewed, in addition to the announcement of the groups and the match schedule, as EFootball competitions will take place tomorrow, PUBG Mobile on the 28th and 29th of this month, and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang on the 29th and 30th of the same month.

Following the meeting, His Highness met with members of the national fencing team during their training in preparation for participating in the games, reviewed their preparations, and wished them success in their Asian participation.

HRH Prince Omar bin Faisal was also keen to support the national karate team athletes during their participation in the second day of the games, following their matches and encouraging them.

Fencing appears today

For its part, the national fencing team concluded its preparations yesterday, Monday, to enter the competitions, with the participation of three athletes: Dina Al-Mansi and Iyad Odeh in the epee weapon, and Abdullah Al-Tahla in the sabre weapon.

Al-Mansi begins the national team's participation today, Tuesday, by competing in the epee weapon, while Abdullah Al-Tahla appears tomorrow, Wednesday, in the sabre weapon competition, with Iyad Odeh concluding the team's participation the day after tomorrow, Thursday, by competing in the epee weapon.

The national fencing team coach, Hassan Al-Qanna, said that preparations have reached their final stage, confirming the readiness of the athletes to compete in the games.

Al-Qanna added that the team underwent a series of internal and external training camps over the past period, which contributed to raising the athletes' level of readiness, expressing his hope to achieve distinguished results during the games.

Equestrian starts today

National equestrian team athlete Fares Al-Shaalan opens his participation today, Tuesday, by competing in the individual Eventing competition, which is held at the Equestrian Park in the Japanese capital, Tokyo.

Al-Shaalan begins his participation by competing in Dressage, before participating on the same day in the Cross Country competition, in his quest to achieve a distinguished result and compete for top positions.

Al-Shaalan concludes his participation tomorrow, Wednesday, by competing in Jumping, the final stage of the Eventing competition, after which the final rankings are decided and the medalists are determined.

Oshaish faces Laos athlete

National boxing team athlete Huthaifa Oshaish appears today in the round of 16 of the under-55 kg weight category against Laos athlete Phannixay Huangthisuan.

Oshaish looks forward to a strong start and securing a qualification ticket to the quarterfinals, where he will face Chinese Taipei athlete Peng Chia-feng if he qualifies.

Cycling race

National cycling team athlete Samah Khaled competes today in the road cycling race, alongside 43 other athletes, covering a distance of 91 km on the Shinshiro road cycling course.

Samah Khaled had undergone a series of training sessions over the past few days, including training on the race course, with the aim of familiarizing herself with its nature and details and preparing well for the competition.

Samah looks forward to performing at a distinguished level and achieving the best possible result in her participation in the Asian Games.

Habib exits

National gymnastics team athlete Ahmed Habib exited the games after competing in the pommel horse event during the preliminary round.

Habib was unable to secure one of the top eight spots qualifying for the final round scheduled for Thursday, finishing in 18th place out of 40.

Thirteen countries are participating in the pommel horse competition.

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