Wrote by: Reem Sameh
At the
closing of Hohhot grand prix 2019 in China, which took place from 24th to 26th
of May 2019, with the participation of 43 countries from four different
continents, Egypt participated in the championship with 6 male players: Mohamed
Mohy Eldin, Abdel Rahman Mohamed, Hatem Abdel Akher, Ahmed Waheed, Mohamed
Abdelaal and Ahmed Abdel Rahman.
The loss of
Ahmed Abdel Rahman against his rival Ismayil Ibrahimov player of Azerbaijan in
the 2nd round of men’s -66 kg contests resulted in his exit from the championship,
as well as Mohamed Mohyeldin who lost the match against Tommy Macias from
Sweden in the 2nd round of men’s -73 kg contests.
Mohamed
Abdelaal was also excluded from Hohhot grand prix after his loss against the
German Player Dominic Ressel in the -81 kg bronze medal contests, for which he
qualified after losing the match against Saeid Mollaei player of Iran in the
quarter final, Abdel Rahman Mohamed, who participates in the same weight, also
excluded from the championship after his loss in the 2nd round contests against
the German Player Dominic Ressel.
Hatem Abd El
Akher, who participates in men’s -90 kg contests, lost the match against Peru's
player Yuta Galarreta Villar in the 1st round and eliminated from the
championship as well as Ahmed Wahid who was eliminated for losing against
Cuba's player Andy Granda in the 2nd round of men’s +100 contests.
As for the
results of the participating countries, South Korea won the championship and
snatched 6 medals, (4 golds and 2 bronze medals), Japan came in second place
with 6 medals (3 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze medal), and in the third place
came North Korea with two gold medals.
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