Salman clinches crown

Manama : Salman Mazen clinched the above 65-kg gold medal in the taekwondo events at the ongoing Third School Mini Olympics.

The Ibn Khuldoon National School student took the heavyweight title in the boys intermediate stage after winning the final against Sultan Othbashi of the Bahrain French School who took silver and Isa Town’s Mohammed Fuad rounded off the podium winning a bronze. 

The taekwondo championship was staged over two days during the weekend at the Bahrain Handball Association’s gym in Um Al Hassam, featuring competition in different weight categories for primary and intermediate stages for boys and girls.

In the boys primary stage which included 10 weight competitions, Ahmed Ali of Al Noor School emerged victorious in the 57kg gold medal, Ismail Fareed of Modern Horizons School took silver, while Al Noor School’s Mohammed Isa and Radi Sadeq shared the bronze.

There were 11 weight contests in the girls intermediate stage, as Noaf Ahmed of Isa Town School topped the 59kg category, while Maryam Hussain of Sitra School came second.

Action continues today with the finals of the girls football championships at Riffa Club gym in Hunainiya, in addition to the boys football championships semifinals at the Bahrain Football Association in Riffa.

Swimming contests are also scheduled for this evening at Khalifa Sports City’s Bahrain Swimming Association, in Isa Town.

Other results: 

Primary Stage (Boys) - 23kg: 1) Muath Anas (Al Mahd); 2) Ahmed Al Arayyed (Al Noor); 3) Mohammed Khalifa (Hamad Town). 

25kg: 1) Ali A. Amir (Ibn Sina); 2) Hassan Ali (Al Wadi); 3) A.Aziz Al Amiri (Al Mahd); 4) Haider Hussain (Hamad Town). 

27kg: 1). Ali Amiri (Al Mahd); 2) Nawaf Al Kaabi (Al Hekma); 3) Faisal Khalid (Al Noor);  4) Haytham Fadel (East Riffa). 

30kg: 1) Hadi A.Sahib (Al Noor);  2) A.Aziz Mahmood (Al Maaly Gate); 3) Yousef Yasser (Al Noor);  4) Abdulla Kuayyed (Sitra).

33kg: 1) Mohammed Yasser (Al Noor); 2) Yousef Al Shajar (Al Imam Al Tabari); 3) Fares Sadeq (Pakistan School); 4) Bader Mohammed (Malik Ibn Anas). 

37kg: 1) Abdulla Jassim (Ahmed Al Fateh); 2) Hussain Majeed (Al Noor); 3) Mohammed Mahmood (Abu Obaida Al Jarrah); 4) Mohammed Hani (Al Noor).