Ahmad Abughaush won the first gold medal in the history of his country at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in men’s taekwondo 58 – 68 kg event.
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One Syrian and one Iranian will be a team in the Paralympic Games next September in Rio de Janeiro.
Athletes from Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Algeria, Qatar, Egypt, Tunisia and United Arab Emirates left Rio 2016 with medals from different competitions.
The Jordanian Ahmad Abughaush won the men’s under-68 kg taekwondo tournament at the Rio Olympics.
Marwa Amri beat Yuliya Ratkevich of Azerbaijan during the repechage rounds. The champion in the under-58 kg category was Kaori Icho of Japan.
Mutaz Essa Barshim took second place with a 2.36 meter jump. Canadian Derek Drouin won the gold medal.
Taoufik Makhloufi came in second in the final, behind Kenyan David Rudisha. The athlete from the Arab country is the current Olympic champion in the 1,500 meters.
Mohammed Rabii lost one of the welterweight semifinals to Shakhram Giyasov of Uzbekistan.
The Kenyan-born Ruth Jebet won 3000 meter steeplechase event at the Olympic Stadium. She was close to breaking the world record.
Mohamed Mahmoud and Ines Boubakri finished third, respectively, in weightlifting and fencing.
Sara Ahmed finished in third place in the under-69 kg women’s weightlifting event this Wednesday at Rio 2016.
Fehaid Aldeehani won in the double trap category. He had taken two bronze medals home in past editions of the Olympics.
The judoka Sergiu Toma won bronze for the United Arab Emirates in the men’s under 81 kg category this Tuesday at the Rio Summer Olympics.
The delegations feature stars such as Tunisia’s Oussama Mellouli (swimming) and Habiba Ghribi (track and field), and Algeria’s Taoufik Makhlouf (track and field).
