2023-10-25 16:16:23
(the Union)
Talal Shafeli added the second bronze medal for “Emirates Judo”, by defeating Italian champion Esposito Antonio, the Italian champion in the under-81 kg category, within the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Judo Championship, which concludes tomorrow, Thursday, at the “Mubadala Arena” hall in Zayed Sports City, within the Abu Dhabi World Championships. The three events are organized by the Judo Federation, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, under the supervision of the International Federation, with the support of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, and the contributions of many parties.
The Grand Slam tournament, whose prize money, according to the International Federation’s regulations, is 154,000 euros, which began yesterday, witnessed the participation of 450 male and female players from 77 countries, represented by the most prominent players in the world, who are preparing for the “Paris Olympics 2024”, including the players of our team who opened the tournament. Their tally of medals on the first day of the lightweight competition, with Narmand Bayan winning the bronze medal, in the under-66 kg category, while the gold medal went to Georgian gold medalist Margvelashvili, and Uzbek Tilovov Mukhayr Al-Din came in second place, and the champions were crowned by Muhammad bin Thaloub Al-Darai, president of the federation. He was accompanied by Nasser Yousef Al Zaabi, Director of the Communications Office at the Abu Dhabi Sports Council. Dr. Balazs Forges, a member of the International Olympic Committee, representing Hungary, and Muhannad Al Sharafi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Royal Garden Group, one of the sponsors of the tournament, also participated in the coronation of the first day.
The second round of the tournament continued in the presence of His Excellency Jabr Mohammed Ghanem Al Suwaidi, Minister of State, Mohammed bin Thaloub Al Darei, President of the Judo Federation and Chairman of the Supreme Organizing Committee, Marius Fayez, President of the International Federation, Obaid Al Anzi, Vice President of the International Federation, President of the Asian Federation, and a number of officials and guests.
The round witnessed strong matches for the 73 kg weight category and the under 81 kg weight category for the light medium, which was opened by our player Abdel Karim Ali with an exciting victory over the Moroccan and African champion Hassan Doukkali, after a 1-1 draw in regular time, to be decided by Abdel Karim by winning with the golden goal, to meet in the second stage the champion. Tajikistan Khojazoda Behrouzi, and continued his victories with great skill, defeating the champion of Tajikistan, at the last second, to qualify for the third round, and meeting German Kavilius Timo, but he lost in extra time, as a result of an error that cost him the opportunity to qualify for the final.
While our rookie player Saeed Al Naqbi lost his match in the preliminary round for the under-73 kg weight to the Portuguese player Gomez Celmo after a competitive match, in which the Portuguese player tipped the balance in extra time (the “golden goal”), while the young player Khalifa Al Hosani lost to the Italian champion Esposito Antonio in the qualifiers. The round of 16 for the under-81 kg category, despite the good offensive start of Al Hosani, who has a great future ahead of him at the national and university team levels.
Our player, Talal Shafeli, was able to defeat Frenchman Djalo Omar in the under-81 kg category in the preliminary round, after a strong, equal match. Talal faced his Egyptian rival, Mohamed Abdel Rahman, one of the candidates for victory, and Talal was able to beat him with a third warning as a result of goalless play, to qualify at the top of the group. However, he lost to the Portuguese champion, Fernando Joao, losing the opportunity for first and second place, to qualify for the consolation playoff, and to play for the bronze he deserved by defeating the Italian champion, to add the second bronze medal for UAE judo..
This morning, the final third round competitions for the heavyweight champions will resume, as our team plays 3 strong matches in the preliminary, which begins with a meeting between our player Aram Gregory in the weight of under 90 kg, with the Romanian Alex Crete, and our player Dhofar Kostvo will play in the weight of under 100 kg, with the American. Smith Eli 38, and our team concludes its matches with the player Marouf Omar meeting with the Icelandic champion Stift Karl in the over-100 weight category.
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