AMMAN — National Paralympic Team powerlifters Asmaa Issa, (79kg
weight class), Tharwat Al-Hajjaj, (86kg weight class), and Muhammad Tarbash,
(65kg weight class), qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, raising the
number of Jordanian powerlifters who have officially qualified for the Games to
five.
اضافة اعلان
During the Fazza International Weightlifting
Championship held at the Dubai Club Hall for People of Determination, the three
players succeeded in lifting the qualifying weight for the
Paralympic Games.
Abdul Karim Khattab, Jordan Paralympic weight lifting
champion, has broken the world record in the 88kg weight class to win gold and
qualify for the Tokyo Paralympic Games, whereas Omar Qaradah also won the 49kg-weight
class gold medal after lifting 175kg and qualifying for the main event in Tokyo.
Jordan Olympic Committee Secretary General Nasser
Al-Majali praised the achievements of the Kingdom’s athletes, posting on
Facebook: "Our Paralympic weightlifting team continues to shine and book
spots at the Paralympics (Tokyo 2020).”
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