Jordan’s five qualified boxers plan to get the country’s first Olympic medal in Tokyo

Jordan’s five qualified boxers are in the final stage of the preparation for the Tokyo Olympic Games which was arranged by their National Federation’s officials and coaches. All of their five boxers are well-experienced in the international stage and among them three have got realistic chance to do big things in Tokyo.

The Olympic Games will be starting with its first competition day on July 24 where altogether 289 boxers attend for the 13 titles. Among the 71 Asian boxers, Jordan will have five experienced athletes in the Olympic Games. Jordan never claimed any medals in the history of the boxing events of the Olympic Games but their Hussein Iashaish was near to take it in the last Rio edition in 2016.

Jordan qualified one boxer for the London 2012 Olympic Games which was their first strong result in our combat sport. The country earned two spots for the next Rio 2016 Olympic Games which was the next strong development for Jordan. The developing boxing country bagged incredible five quota places for the Tokyo Olympic Games through the Asian & Oceanian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event.

The team attended in a training camp in the United States where several other nations joined to joint operations and sparring. The final preparation was held in Russia where they had strong sparring partners before the team headed to Japan’s capital. The preparation and training schedule of the team were arranged by their national coaches, Mr. Omar Al-Majali and Mr. Andriy Proskurnin.

Zeyad Eshaish joined to the elite national team in 2016 at the age of 18 and reached his first highlight at the Jakarta 2018 Asian Games where he claimed bronze medal. He was quarter-finalist at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships and won the gold medal at the welterweight (69kg) in Amman on March 2020.

Hussein Iashaish competed first in the 2012 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships and following his participation at the super heavyweight (+91kg), he went down to the heavyweight (91kg). The 27-year-old boxer claimed medals in the ASBC Asian Boxing Championships and he has go also Olympic experiences.

Asian Games bronze medallist and two-time ASBC Asian Boxing Championships runner-up Obada Al-Kasbeh prepares also to his second Olympic Games and will be fighting at the lightweight (63kg) in Tokyo. Former ASBC Asian Boxing Championships bronze medallist 36-year-old Mohammad Abdelaziz Al-Wadi (57kg) and another veteran boxer, Odai Riyad Al-Hindawi (81kg) are also in their Olympic team.

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