Doha: The sixth Qatar International Taekwondo Championship concluded yesterday after four days of competition at the Women’s Sports Committee Hall. Organised by the Qatar Taekwondo, Judo and Karate Federation, the tournament brought together 1,152 athletes from more than 46 countries across four age categories: children, cadets, juniors and seniors.The final day featured 16 senior weight divisions, with eight each for men and women. In the men’s competition, gold medals went to Belarus’s Hristiyan Georgiev in under-54kg, Türkiye’s Enes Kaplan in under-58kg, Tunisia’s Adem Salmi in under-63kg and compatriot Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi in under-68kg, Iran’s Radin Zeinali in under-74kg and compatriot Amir Bakhtiari in under-80kg, Uzbekistan’s Yodgorbek Zoroboyev in under-87kg, and Tunisia’s Moataz Ayfaoui in over-87kg.In the women’s competition, gold medals were claimed by Egypt’s Haneen Ali Rabie Abdelaziz in under-46kg, Türkiye’s Zeynep Taskin in under-49kg, Russia’s Veronika Levakova in under-53kg and compatriot Ksenia Smirnova in under-57kg, Iran’s Nastaran Valizadeh in under-62kg and compatriot Soghar Sheiklar in under-67kg. Egypt’s Malak El-Husseini won the under-73kg title after defeating Qatar’s Nour Mohammed in the final, with Mohammed taking silver. Uzbekistan’s Svetlana Saidova claimed gold in over-73kg. 

DOHA - The youth and junior women’s competitions concluded on the third day of the sixth Qatar International Taekwondo Championships, organized by the Qatar Taekwondo, Judo and Karate Federation at the Women’s Sports Arena. The four-day event will conclude on Wednesday, featuring 1,152 male and female athletes from more than 46 countries across four age categories: children, cadets, juniors and seniors.The day’s program featured 20 weight categories, with 10 contested in the boys’ and 10 in the girls’ divisions, producing a strong international field of medal winners.In the boys’ competition, gold medals went to Kazakhstan’s Ilugbek Turavikov in the under-45kg category, Egypt’s Yassin Tarek Marai in under-48kg, Jordan’s Abdullah Shaheen in under-51kg, Kazakhstan’s Brasat Bolat in under-55kg, and Kazakhstan’s Irkinov Bakhodir in under-59kg.Uzbekistan’s Akmal Akbarov claimed gold in the under-63kg category, while Kazakhstan’s Timur Rakbanov topped the podium in under-68kg. Jordan’s Ahmad Al Dahaksha won the under-73kg title, Uzbekistan’s Abdullaev Muhammad Aziz secured gold in under-78kg, and Uzbekistan’s Mikhail Abbasi triumphed in the over-78kg category.In the girls’ competition, Kazakhstan’s Milana Kalashnikova won gold in the under-42kg category, Egypt’s Aya Moataz Al Najjar prevailed in under-44kg, and the UAE’s Ghazal Bayam claimed the under-46kg title. France’s Omaima Al Assaq won gold in under-49kg, while Uzbekistan’s Friza Miminova topped the podium in under-52kg.

DOHA – Competition continued for a second consecutive day at the Sixth Qatar International Taekwondo Championship, organised by the Qatar Taekwondo, Judo and Karate Federation at the Women’s Sports Arena, Aspire Zone. The four-day championship runs until Wednesday and features 1,152 male and female athletes representing more than 46 countries across four age categories: cadets, juniors, youth and seniors.A total of 20 weight categories were contested on the second day in the boys’ and girls’ cadet divisions.In the boys’ cadet competition, gold medals went to Uzbekistan’s Zonar in Fazliddinov in the under-30kg category; the UAE’s Mohammed Obai in under-37kg; Kazakhstan’s Abdulin Staibeldy in under-41kg; Kazakhstan’s Ermetov Oljbek in under-45kg; Kazakhstan’s Orkan Nur Mohammad in under-49kg; Kazakhstan’s Ali Nur Adel Kassin in under-53kg; Kazakhstan’s Lu Edward in under-57kg; Kazakhstan’s Arslan Kabdush in under-61kg; Tunisia’s Youssef Gharbi in under-65kg; and Iraq’s Kamal Shams Al-Din in the over-65kg category.In the girls’ cadet division, Kazakhstan’s Maryam Namakhonova claimed gold in the under-29kg category, while compatriot Enel Kabd Karimova topped the podium in under-33kg. Uzbekistan’s Zarina Abdusaitova won the under-37kg gold, followed by Morocco’s Nour Bouain in under-41kg. Kazakhstan’s Amina Malik secured gold in under-44kg, Indonesia’s Balqis Nur Afiyanti in under-47kg, and the UAE’s Majda Al-Kutbi in under-51kg. Uzbekistan’s Hamidova Azmakhon won the under-55kg category, compatriot Kamila Abdulkhaliqova triumphed in under-59kg, and Uzbekistan’s Kumush Abdulkarimova claimed gold in the over-59kg category.

DOHA – The sixth edition of the Qatar Open Taekwondo Championship will get underway on Sunday at the Ladies’ Sports Hall in Doha, bringing together 1,152 athletes from more than 46 countries for four days of competition across four age categories: cadets, juniors, youth and seniors. The championship will run through Wednesday.Organized by the Qatar Taekwondo, Judo and Karate Federation, the championship is classified as a G-1 event, offering valuable world-ranking points. The field comprises 697 male and 455 female athletes, including more than 20 Olympic and world champions.The four-day competition will feature 76 weight categories across the four divisions, with morning and evening sessions followed by daily medal ceremonies.The cadet, junior and youth divisions each feature 10 weight categories for boys and 10 for girls, while the senior division comprises eight weight categories each for men and women.Qatar will be represented by six national-team athletes: Noor Mohammed, Maram Al Fetnasi, Widad Al Dosari, Ali Emam, Mohammed Ashraf and Mohammed Yassin Bali. They will be joined by 113 athletes representing local clubs.As part of their preparations, Qatar’s national-team athletes attended overseas training camps in Spain and Egypt, complemented by domestic training programmes, and competed at the Asian Games in Japan.The Federation also organized an international training camp in Doha from October 12 to 16, bringing together teams from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Kuwait, Yemen, Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso.Supervised by Olympic coaches from Egypt, Spain and Tunisia, the camp focused on improving athletes’ technical skills and physical readiness while facilitating the exchange of coaching expertise ahead of the championship.