Jordanian taekwondo prepares for Youth Olympic Games in Dakar

Amman, October 19 (Petra) - The national taekwondo team is participating in the fourth edition of the Youth Olympic Games hosted by the Senegalese capital Dakar from the 31st of this month until the 13th of next November.

Representing the national team at the Games are: Layan Al-Rawashdeh, Zainab Basila, Abdullah Al-Zawahra, and Ahmad Al-Dahamsha, under the supervision of Technical Director Fares Al-Assaf and coach Mohammad Al-Assaf.

Al-Assaf affirmed that the team has intensified its preparations over the past months, with the aim of reaching the highest levels of technical and physical readiness before the start of the competitions.

He said that the team seeks to continue the series of achievements of Jordanian taekwondo at various levels, especially in the Youth Olympic Games, pointing to the intensification of training in recent months to raise the level of readiness of the players.

He added that participation in the Youth Olympic Games represents an important station in the career of the male and female players, and an opportunity to gain more international experience and engage with the elite of young talents from various countries of the world.--(Petra) D.T./A.A./N.H.

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