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National Muay Thai team players Omar Awad and Yazan Al-Saifi were crowned on Wednesday with two gold medals at the World Senior Muay Thai Championship, held in the Kosovan city of Deçan, as part of the Under-24 category competitions.
Awad managed to secure the gold medal in the under-67 kg weight division after defeating Turkish player Gürkan Yıldız in the final bout, who withdrew before the end of the match, thus concluding Awad's participation crowned with the world title.
Awad had begun his journey by defeating Polish world champion Bartosz Pamula by knockout in the first round, before overcoming Croatian Robert Rizo in the quarter-finals, and then defeating Vietnamese An Kha Tuan by technical knockout in the third round of the semi-final bout.
For his part, Al-Saifi claimed the gold medal in the under-75 kg weight division after defeating Bulgarian Viktor Krashevski in the final match, giving Jordan its second gold medal in the championship.
Al-Saifi had qualified for the semi-finals after defeating Lebanese Joan Saif in the quarter-finals, before overcoming Georgian Duta Gablia in the semi-finals to secure his spot in the final bout.
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