Nagoya, Sept. 22 (SANA) Syrian karate athlete Fawaz Bani al-Marja won bronze in the men’s under-75kg kumite at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
Bani al-Marja secured the medal with an 18-8 victory over Kyrgyzstan’s Nazim Nurlanov in the bronze-medal bout.
He had beaten South Korea’s An Gwang-min 11-2 in the quarterfinals before drawing 0-0 with Turkmenistan’s David Nazmi Radov in the semifinals, which the judges awarded to Radov.
Syria’s campaign continues Wednesday, with Hind Zaza and Rachel Abboud competing in the women’s singles table tennis event, while the Syrian esports team begins its Group A matches against Chinese Taipei, Pakistan and Thailand.
Zaza and Abboud were eliminated from the women’s doubles after a 3-0 first-round defeat to Indonesia’s Ni Maharani and Komang Sudarnita, while Mohammad Darwish exited the men’s under-67kg karate kumite.
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