Taekwondo national team athlete Abdullah Al-Zawahreh made Jordanian history today by winning the gold medal in the under-63kg category at the fourth edition of the Youth Olympic Games, hosted by the Senegalese capital, Dakar.
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Al-Zawahreh recorded Jordan's first ever gold medal in the Kingdom's participation in the Youth Olympic Games, and the fourth medal in taekwondo overall, after silver for Dana Haidar and bronze for Yazan Al-Sadeq at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympics, and bronze for Zaid Mustafa at the Buenos Aires 2018 Games.
Al-Zawahreh's success came after an impressive run in which he won four consecutive bouts. He beat Uruguay's Rodrigo Varieras da Silva 2-0 in the round of 16, Libya's Miftah Walid Mohamed 2-0 in the quarter-finals, and Germany's Nikolai Sparé 2-0 in the semi-finals. In the final he beat Mexico's Guillermo Labastida 2-1.
National team athlete Layan Al-Rawashdeh was eliminated from the under-55kg category, losing 2-1 to Senegal's Marie Sar in the quarter-finals. National team athlete Zainab Bsaila was also knocked out of the under-63kg category, losing 0-2 to Iran's Asal Goltabeh.
Ahmad Al-Dahamesheh begins his campaign tomorrow against Turkey's Berk Erkan Imamoglu in the round of 16, while the national team meet Senegal the day after tomorrow in the quarter-finals of the mixed team event.
