Qatar’s Abdulrahman Moustafa won the gold medal in the under-21 under-60kg category at the 24th Asian Cadet, Junior and Under-21 Karate Championship in Amman, Jordan. The championship, which concludes today, features more than 350 male and female athletes from 30 Asian countries.
Moustafa produced a series of impressive performances on his way to the title. After receiving a bye in the draw, he advanced directly to the quarter-finals, where he defeated Chinese Taipei’s Shih Po-Yun 11-3. He followed that with an 11-7 victory over Saudi Arabia’s Sultan al-Masiri in the semi-finals to book his place in the final. Moustafa then beat India’s Viraj Saini 4-1 in the final to claim the gold medal.
Qatar’s Hassan Mansour had earlier won the silver medal in the youth over-76kg category. The championship features kata and kumite competitions and is one of the continent’s leading age-group karate events.
