Thirteen Asian medals in the annual Arab Youth Boxing Championships in Cairo

The Arab Youth Boxing Championships was held in the Egyptian capital in Cairo which was a preparation event for the boxers before the main events such as the 2019 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships. The Asian countries claimed one silver medal and twelve bronze medals in the new edition of the Arab Youth Boxing Championships.
Jordan’s Budapest 2018 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Bader Osman Samreen achieved title in the event in 2018 while Yemen’s new sensation Sil Ghaleb Mohammad Al-Qarnas won the gold medal in the Arab Youth Boxing Championships two years ago in 2017.
Altogether 66 boxers from 12 countries competed in the Arab Youth Boxing Championships in Cairo. Egypt became the most successful country and topped the team rankings in the Arab Youth Boxing Championships ahead of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Kuwait and Iraq sent maximum number of 10 boxers in the Arab Youth Boxing Championships but Palestine, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Qatar attended also among the Asian countries.
United Arab Emirates achieved one silver medal and one bronze medal in the Arab Youth Boxing Championships. Suad Abdelwahid Ismail advanced to the final of the super heavyweight (+91kg) where he lost to only Egypt’s star Ahmed El-Sawy Awad. Their bronze medal took another international level boxer Saeed Juma Rashed Saeed at the welterweight (69kg) in Cairo.
Iraq returned to the Arab Youth Boxing Championships and their talented boxers achieved eight bronze medals. Among their 10 athletes eight advanced to the semi-finals in the competition which showed their strong potential for the future events. Hussein Adel Kazem (49kg), Hussen Abdel Hadey (56kg) and Segad Aly Saleh (69kg) were near to join to the finals of the event with their strong performances.
Kuwait also returned to the level of the event and two of their young talents as Khaled Fisel Al-Azmi (60kg) and Omar Mohamed Al-Khamsan (91kg) won bronze medals in Cairo. Palestine became the fourth Asian nation which earned medal in Cairo, their Youth National Champion Izzeddin Mohamed Khaled (75kg) won a bronze in the Egyptian capital.

Asian medallists in the Arab Youth Boxing Championships
+91kg – Suad Abdelwahid Ismail, United Arab Emirates – Silver medal
49kg – Hussein Adel Kazem, Iraq – Bronze medal
52kg – Okel Khaled Hashem, Iraq – Bronze medal
56kg – Hussen Abdel Hadey, Iraq – Bronze medal
60kg – Khaled Fisel Al-Azmi, Kuwait – Bronze medal
64kg – Alhassan Amer Mohamed, Iraq – Bronze medal
69kg – Saeed Juma Rashed Saeed, United Arab Emirates – Bronze medal
69kg – Segad Aly Saleh, Iraq – Bronze medal
75kg – Izzeddin Mohamed Khaled, Palestine – Bronze medal
81kg – Abdul Wahab Ammar, Iraq – Bronze medal
91kg – Baqer Ameer Jasim, Iraq – Bronze medal
91kg – Omar Mohamed Al-Khamsan, Kuwait – Bronze medal
+91kg – Saif Al-Saedi, Iraq – Bronze medal

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