Ammon News - The Arabs concluded their participation in the Tokyo 2020 Games, with the end of the races yesterday, Sunday, after the end of the men’s marathon without any Arab medal and the end of the race in track with the same result.
The Arabs came out of Tokyo 2020 with their best participation in history, with 18 medals in different colors.
On the penultimate day of Arab participation, a great controversy broke out in Tokyo 2020, whose resonance reached the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and in most Arab countries, with the decision of the Turkish referee, Ujour Kubas, to award the Karate medal for weight over 75 kumites to Iranian Sajad Gangzadeh at the expense of Saudi champion Tariq Hamdi, who surpassed the score by 4/1.
Tariq Hamdi managed to award a silver medal, which smelled of gold, which replaced Saudi participation in this session.
In the latter part of his daily series of services, Kouora passes in reviews the best of Arab athletes and all the medals that adorned their necks.
The Arabs have won the largest Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals in history, crowned with 18 different medals, the highest tally of all Arab Olympic participation, including 3 golds, 5 silvers and eight bronzes.
Egypt is the largest holder of various medals with 6 medals (gold, silver and four bronzes), while Qatar is the highest in gold with two medals.
Third Tunisia with gold and silver, followed by Morocco with a gold, Jordan with silver and bronze, then Saudi Arabia with a silver and with Bahrain. Kuwait has obtained only one bronze medal, which is the same as the Syria at the bottom of the ranking.
Saleh Al-Sharbati of Jordan won the silver medal in 80kg taekwondo, where he lost in final against his Russian counterpart, Maxim Khramtkov, first seed, 9-20.
Jordanian karate player Abd al-Rahman al-Masatafa won the bronze medal in 67 kg kumite, after reaching the semifinals and losing to Turkish Irai Shamdan (2-0).
Abdullah Al-Rashidi won a bronze medal for Kuwait by finishing third in shooting competitions, in the men’s skeet category.
Moroccan runner Sofiane Bakkali won the men’s 3000 steeplechase gold by taking first place with a time of 8: 08.90 minutes.
Syrian weightlifter Maan Asaad won the Olympic bronze, in the men’s weight +109 kg, where he finished third with a load of 424 kg, with a tear of 190 kg and a winter one of 234 kg.
Bahrain took their first medal in Tokyo with silver in the women’s 10,000 meters, from sprinter Kalkidan Jezahin.
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