Qatar takes silver as International Taekwondo Championship concludes

The curtain fell today on the competitions of the Sixth Qatar International Taekwondo Championship, organized by the Qatar Taekwondo, Judo and Karate Federation at the Women's Sports Committee Hall, for 4 days, with the participation of 1152 male and female players representing more than 46 countries, in four categories: buds, juniors, youth and adults.

The final day of the championship witnessed the holding of 16 weights for men and women, with 8 weights for men and the same for women, where the gold medal for the men's category was won by: Belarusian Hristian Georgiev in the under 54 kg category, Turkish Kaplan Anas in the under 58 kg category, Tunisian Adam Salmi in the under 63 kg category, Tunisian Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi in the under 68 kg category, Radin Zeinali of Iran in the under 74 kg weight class, and the other Iranian Amir Bakhtari in the under 80 kg category. Uzbekistan's Zurabuyaf Yudgurbak in the under-87 kg category, and Tunisia's Mutaz Aifaoui in the over-87kg category.

In the women's category, the gold medal was won by: Egypt's Haneen Ali Rabia Abdulaziz in the under-46 kg, Turkey's Zainab Taskin in the under-49 kg, Russia's Veronika Lavkova in the under-53 kg, Russia's Ksenia Smirnova in the under-57 kg, Iran's Nastran Valizdah in the under-62 kg category, her compatriot Sagar Sheklar in the under-67 kg category, and Egypt's Malak Al-Husseini after defeating Qatar's Noor Mohamed in the final The latter won the silver medal in the under-73 kg category, while Uzbekistan's Svetlana Saidova also won the gold in the 73 kg category.

At the end of the competitions, Mr. Eid Al Muraikhi, President of the Qatar Taekwondo, Judo and Karate Federation, crowned the winners of the first three places in various weights, honored the heads of delegations participating in the championship and awarded them commemorative shields, in recognition of their active participation and contribution to the success of this international sporting event, in addition to honoring the referees of the championship. Mrs. Amna Al Kuwari, a member of the Board of Directors of the Federation, also honored the winners.

It is noteworthy that the sixth Qatar International Taekwondo Championship, which is classified under the "G1" category and awards points in the world ranking, witnessed the participation of 697 male and 455 female players, in addition to more than 20 Olympic and world champions, and included 76 weights distributed in the four categories.

For his part, Mr. Eid Al Muraikhi, President of the Qatar Taekwondo, Judo and Karate Federation, expressed his happiness with the great success achieved by the championship and its exit in the best organizational and technical form.

In a statement to Qatar News Agency (QNA), Al-Muraikhi said that the competitions in the men's and women's categories today witnessed high technical levels and strong and exciting confrontations, in light of the participation of a group of world champions from Tunisia, Jordan, Azerbaijan, Russia and Ukraine, in addition to players from various participating countries.

He explained that the record participation of the players in the current edition and the presence of more than 20 Olympic and world champions is what gave the competitions additional strength and raised their technical value.

He pointed out that hosting such tournaments represents an important opportunity for Qatari players to come into contact with world-class players, gain more experience, and identify their technical capabilities compared to the most prominent international schools in the game.

At the end of his speech, Al-Muraikhi thanked all the participating delegations, federations, working committees and all those who contributed to the success of the tournament.

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