Morocco’s karate team finished third at the Arab championships, which concluded on Saturday in the Jordanian capital Amman.
The national team ranked third after collecting 20 medals, including 6 gold, 4 silver and 10 bronze, while Egypt swept 51 medals (32 gold, 13 silver and 6 bronze). Second place went to Jordan with 91 medals (15 gold, 25 silver and 51 bronze).
Gold medal went Said Oubaya (-67 kg), Ilyas Laafou (+70 kg), Ahmed Haddadi (-60 kg), Souhaib Azizou (-57 kg), Wadie Bennouri (-61 kg) in kumite and Adam Rachouk in kata. Silver medals went to Nissrine Brouk (-68 kg), Chaimae Hayati (-55 kg), Ahmed Haddadi (-60 kg) in kumite and Tijani Lamoum in kata.
Bronze medals were collected by Douae Choukri (-61 kg) in the seniors and U21 categories, Salma Sour (-55 kg), Rabie Zaoudi (-68 kg), Roumaissae Tarkou (-53 kg) in kumite and by Aya En-Nesyry, Israe El Kahri, Tijani Lamoum (juniors) and Adam Rachouk (juniors) and by the women’s national team in kata.
The Arab Karate Championships saw the participation of 330 athletes representing Morocco, Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Kuwait and Palestine, in addition to host country Jordan.
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