Amman — Jordan’s national taekwondo players have slipped in both the Olympic and world rankings, with the latest rankings calculated based on points earned after the recently held Grand Prix in South Korea, while the players’ results at the Asian Games, which concluded in Nagoya, Japan, were not taken into account.
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Jordanian taekwondo player Fadia Khourfan won the gold medal, while Saleh Al-Sharabati, Zaid Mustafa, Jaafar Al-Daoud and Mohammad Al-Adarbeh each won a bronze medal.
Khourfan dropped to second in the current world rankings in the under-57kg category, raising her points total to 130.19. She also fell one place in the Olympic rankings to third, increasing her points total to 100.3.
Razan Al-Rawashdeh dropped to third in the world rankings in the under-67kg category, raising her points total to 88.75. She remained eighth in the Olympic rankings, increasing her points total to 58.75.
Saleh Al-Sharabati dropped in the world rankings in the under-80kg category to 10th, with 40.03 points. He also fell two places in the Olympic rankings in the same weight class to 14th.
Mohammad Al-Adarbeh dropped nine places in the Olympic rankings in the same weight class to 23rd, with 30.80 points. He also fell five places in the world rankings to 12th, with 38.80 points.
Jordanian taekwondo player Rama Abu Al-Rub climbed three places in the Olympic rankings in the over-67kg category to 28th, with 29.25 points. She dropped eight places in the world rankings in the under-73kg category to 18th, with 13.83 points. She also climbed 21 places in the world rankings in the over-73kg category to 35th, with 15.42 points.
Jaafar Al-Daoud dropped three places in the Olympic rankings in the under-58kg category to sixth, with 65.36 points. In the world rankings in the same weight class, he fell two places to fourth, with 64.56 points. He also dropped four places in the world rankings in the under-54kg category to 17th, raising his points total to 41.90.
In the world rankings in the under-68kg category, Zaid Al-Halwani climbed 14 places to 36th, with 19.74 points. He dropped two places in the world rankings in the under-63kg category to ninth, with 24.48 points.
Zaid Mustafa climbed 36 places in the world rankings to 57th, with 12.70 points. He also dropped two places in the world rankings in the under-74kg category to fourth, with 36.48 points.
Tareq Al-Shaloul dropped six places in the world rankings in the under-63kg category to 25th, with 14.54 points.
Resource: Al-Ghad.
