2023-06-19 09:53:44
Monday, June 19, 2023 – 1:53 PM
Astana, June 19, WAM/ Our first judo player, Dhofar Kosov, won a silver under 100 kg weight at the end of the 2023 Astana Grand Slam Judo Championship, which was hosted by the Kazakh capital, Astana.
The competitions were held with the participation of 42 countries, and this silver represents a new achievement for the UAE judo, in light of the participation of the most prominent world classifiers in various weights, which put the UAE judo at the forefront of the participating Arab countries and the fourteenth in the general ranking of the championship teams.
Our player Dhofar was one minute away from the gold in this weight, which was won by the Russian player Matvey Kanyovsky, who defeated Dhofar 1/0, following an equal match in which Dhofar was a strong match, and the time factor did not help him to equalize and settle with the golden score.
And the young Russian player deserved the golden title, continuing his brilliance in the four major International Judo Federation tournaments, by winning this season the gold of the Grand Prix last week in Tajikistan, and before that the gold of the Mongolian Championship and the silver of the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Championship in 2022, at a time when the first seed for this weight Belgian Nikiforov came out. Toma, and the third seed at the same weight, the Italian Pirelli Gennaro, from the tournament without medals.
Our player, Aram Jargouri, lost his match in the preliminary round for the under-90 kg category, once morest the strong French player Naguib Hambo, who won the silver medal in the championship, while the player, Marouf Omar, also lost his match once morest the Georgian champion, Inanish Saba.
Our coach, Victor, praised the level of the male and female players during the Astana Championship, praising the support and encouragement of His Excellency Mohammed bin Thaloub Al Darei, President of the UAE Judo Federation, and the follow-up and interest of Nasser Al Tamimi, Secretary General of the Federation, Head of Mission, and Supervisor of the first team.
Dina Omar / Amin Al-Doubly
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