Yesterday, the eighth edition of the Fujairah International Taekwondo Championship, the two-star category, which was hosted by the Fujairah Martial Arts Club under the supervision of the Game Federation, concluded yesterday at the Zayed Sports Complex.
The tournament, which is the first tournament listed on the International Federation's calendar 2020, witnessed a record participation of 2,000 participants, representing 43 countries. The day before yesterday, the adult category competitions were held with the participation of a group of international taekwondo stars and champions who seek to qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
In the adult category, the 28-year-old, the Turkish Olympic qualifier Roki Yildirim, won the gold medal in the women's under-49 kg category. The bronze medalist of the last world championships in the final fight over Palestinian Ghazal Kayani, and the Chinese player Taipei Su Boya was crowned The 2018 Asian Games gold medalist and first ranked in the tournament, won the gold medal in the women's under 53 kg competition after overcoming the obstacle of Uzbekistan's Kayumova Charos.
Turkish Hatice, silver medalist at the 2017 World Championships, won gold in the under-57kg category, while the promising Jordanian player, who had previously participated in the Buenos Aires Youth Olympics 2018, Natalie Al-Hamidi, achieved first place, and gold in the under-62kg weight category, following her victory in the final over the Uzbek player. Firoza.
The Jordanian supremacy in the women's category continued, as the star Juliana Al-Sadiq won the gold in the under-67 kg after defeating her main competitor for the qualification to the Tokyo Olympics, the Uzbek player Negora.
Nur Tatar achieved Turkey's third gold in the women's category by winning the gold in the under 73 kg category, and Tatar is considered one of the most important taekwondo players in the world, who previously won the silver of the London Olympics 2018 and the bronze of the Rio Olympics, and is ranked second in the weight of under 67 kg.
In one of the biggest surprises in the tournament, Omani Shafiqani Farshid defeated the bronze medalist of the last World Championship "Manchester 2019", Jordanian player Hamza Qattan in the eighth round of the over 87 kg weight competition, which was won by Mexican player Carlos Sansoris, silver holder of the last world championship.
Brazilian Miguel Soares grabbed the gold in the under-87 kg weight after his victory in the final against Jordan's Anas Al-Sadiq, and at the end of the adult category competitions, the Jordanian team topped the medal table with 10 medals, and the Turkish team came in second with 5 medals.