Amman: The Olympic and world taekwondo rankings issued by the sport’s international federation this month show a slight improvement for the senior national team and a notable advance for the youth category.
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According to the latest updates, national team player Jaafar Al Dawoud rose to third place in the world ranking in the under-58 kg category, with 86.16 points. He also moved up in the Olympic ranking, placing fifth with 86.96 points.
In the world ranking for the 54 kg category, Jaafar Al Daoud dropped three places to 20th with 20.80 points. Anas Al Hsamy rose seven places to 49th with 8.16 points. Laith Al Rawashdeh climbed 63 places to 102nd with 3.60 points. Yazan Al Manasir also ranked 102nd with the same score, and Othman Al Hunaiti held the same position and score.
In the under-68 kg category, Zaid Mustafa, the silver medallist at the Paris 2024 Olympics, rose five places to 10th in the Olympic ranking with 60.78 points. He climbed 36 places in the world ranking to 21st with 34.30 points. In the under-74 kg category, Zaid Mustafa dropped four places in the world ranking to eighth with 36.48 points.
Also in the under-68 kg category, Zaid Al Halawani placed 13th in the Olympic ranking with 54.86 points, and rose 10 places in the world ranking to 26th with 32.70 points.
Mohammad Al Tarayra, in the same category, ranked 143rd in the Olympic ranking with 8.21 points, and rose seven places in the world ranking to 15th with 18 points. Tareq Al Shalloul ranked 89th in the Olympic ranking with 14.54 points, and Yazan Youssef ranked 125th in the world ranking with 6 points.
In the under-80 kg category, Saleh Al Sharbati, the silver medallist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, rose one place to 13th in the Olympic ranking with 52.70 points, but dropped five places in the world ranking to 15th with 49.10 points.
In the same category, Mohammad Al Ada’raba ranked 20th in the world ranking with 38.80 points, and dropped six places in the Olympic ranking to 29th with the same score. This category also saw new entries from promising players in the Olympic ranking: Yazan Yughmour jumped 16 places to 103rd with 8.16 points, and climbed 15 places in the world ranking to 74th, with 8.16 points.
Mohammad Dar Ali rose 78 places to 135th with 5.76 points. Abdullah Nafoukh rose 36 places to also rank 135th with the same score, and in the world ranking climbed 16 places to 99th with the same score.
Aseed Nafe dropped 10 places to 109th with 7.20 points, and in the world ranking dropped six places to 78th with the same score.
In the world ranking, Abdullah Abu Awad ranked 125th with 3.60 points.
In the women’s category, Fatima Al Abdallat ranked 37th in the world in the under-46 kg category with 12.48 points. Tia Al Lidawi and Sidin Hamza each ranked 86th with 3.60 points, and Lian Hamza ranked 109th with 2.16 points.
Rahaf Surour ranked 77th in the world in the under-53 kg category with 6 points, and Lian Al Rawashdeh rose five places to 166th with 1.51 points.
Fadia Kharfan rose one Olympic place to second in the under-57 kg category with 136.03 points, and remained second in the world ranking with 166.19 points.
In the same category worldwide, Joud Abu Al Dahab ranked 141st with 3.60 points.
Sahab Al Khadra ranked 132nd in the world in the under-62 kg category with 2.16 points.
Razan Al Rawashdeh dropped in the world ranking in the under-67 kg category to fifth with 95.10 points, while dropping two places in the Olympic ranking to 10th with 65.10 points.
In the over-67 kg category, Rama Abu Al Rubdropped two places in the Olympic ranking to 30th with 35.60 points.
In the under-73 kg category in the world ranking, she dropped three places to 31st with 13.83 points. Hanan Mustafa ranked 69th with 3.60 points, and Reem Humaimat ranked 82nd with 2.16 points.
Published by Al Ghad. Reporting by Ayman Wajih Al Khatib.
