15 Feb. 2016- 21 athletes are representing Lebanon at the 2016 Turkish Taekwondo Open: Sandra DIB, Leatitia AOUN, Mariella BOU HABIB, Clara DIB, Natacha AAD, Wared SELMAN, Giovanni YANNI, Jad ROUHANA, Chafic ABOU GHAZALY, Elias SALIBA, Georges NAKHLE, Eric MELKI, Pavel HADDAD, Nour GHAZAL, Anna HADDAD, Yasmine SADEK, Peter BREIDI, Haidar EL KHADRA, Michel SAMAHA, Tarek MOUSALLI and Elias HEDARY.
The athletes competing in the seniors section have made their fights and HEDARY secured another achievement for Lebanon by winning the +87 Kg category. HEDARY won his first fight against Tahsin BIÇAKÇI (Turkey), defeated Ruslan ZHAPAROV (Kazakhstan) in his 2nd fight, defeated Talha BAYRAM in his 3rd fight to reach the semi-finals and compete against Ali SARI (Turkey). HEDARY overcame his opponent to reach the final and then clinch the goal medal by defeating Omar EL YAZIDI (France).
What an achievement for Elias, we are proud of you! We wish all the other athletes the best of luck.
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