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1st Qatar Open



This was the first time Qatar Taekwondo organized an event in large scale under the umbrella of the World Taekwondo Federation.
Over 800 athletes from 45 countries, representing different age groups, and around 55 international judges participated in the championship, making it the strongest Taekwondo tournament ever in the history of the sport.
It rained medals for Qatar on the concluding day of the 1st Qatar International Taekwondo Championship, at the Indoor Hall of the Women Sports Committee at the Aspire Zone.
Yesterday, Qatari’s won 7 gold and 14 silver medals in what was a very successful campaign for them. Sara Mohamed Khalil beat compatriot Anna Sanchez quite easily 26-10 to come first in the 27kg Children’s category. In other all-Qatar finals, Aly Moustafa defeated Mohamed Darwish 6-3 in the Cadets male 45kg, while Ghanim Alhamadi overcame Moustafa Said in Cadets 61kg category.
Karim Badawy added one more gold for Qatar, when he outplayed Mohammed Alqaoud of Saudi Arabia 19-2 in Children’s 27kg category. Later Sondous Galal joined in the gold rush, after she scored an easy 20-3 win over United Arab Emirates Sherin Alrahma in Cadets 59kg category. Qatar’s other gold medal came through Shahd Alaa in children’s 23kg, after she beat United Arab Emirates’ Maha Alfardan.
Qatar’s Abdullah Khalil won gold in the children’s 31kg category at the 1st Qatar International Taekwondo Championship, at the Indoor Hall of the Women Sports Committee at the Aspire Zone yesterday.
On the penultimate day of the event, Khalil beat Lebanon’s Alex Barakat 10-9 in a closely-fought encounter. It was one of many medals that Qatar won as the youngsters put in an impressive performance in the Juniors, Cadets and Children categories.
In the Cadets, Qatar’s Sally Amer and Nour Moustafa clinched gold in the 55kg and 29kg categories respectively.
Later, Mayar Mukhtar added one more gold to Qatar’s tally in the Cadets female 59kg category, after she beat Shamsa Albetaihi of United Arab Emirates.
However, Qatar’s Anas Ben Sahra had to settle for silver in the junior’s 63kg category, after he went down to Saudi Arabia’s Ali Almabrouk 0-1.
There were more medals for Qatar, with Mohamed Osman and Ibrahim Ibrahim winning bronze in the Cadet’s 57kg and 33kg respectively.
In the juniors, Uzbekistan won four of the five gold medals on offer. Saidolim Numonov (73kg men), Niyaz Pulatov (48kg men), Kamronbek Yakhshiboev (63kg men) and Vlada Pan (63kg women) came out on top. Tunisia’s Ranya Naghmouchi won the other gold on offer in the juniors (49kg) catergory.
South Koreans had dominated at the senior level, having won five gold and two silver. Qatar’s Marim bin Aly also did her country proud by making the podium with a bronze medal finish in the senior Female -73kg category.

Source: Bahrain News

Date:13:10   3/14/2015

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