Tunisia presents the Arabs with the first medals with the silver Jendoubi in "Taekwondo"
Mohamed El Jendoubi lost from Italy's D'Aquila in the final yesterday.
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Yesterday, Tunisian taekwondo player Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi won the men's 58-kg silver, the first Arab medal in the Tokyo Olympics, after falling in the last seconds of the final against Italian Vito D'Aquila, who snatched the gold medal.
The result of the final match was close between the two, and Jendoubi almost won the gold had it not been for the decline in the third round, which ended 8-3 in favor of the Italian, while Jendoubi lost in the final total of the match 16-12.
Jendoubi, 19, won a medal after qualifying for the final by eliminating South Korean star John Jang, the 2019 world champion, who won the final total 25-19, after the first round ended in a 5-5 tie, and the Tunisian won the last two rounds in his favour, 4-3. and 16-11 against John (21 years).
The young Tunisian reached the semi-finals by defeating Ethiopia's Solomon Demsey in the quarter-finals due to the difference in points, with a final score of 32-9.
And he managed to settle the three rounds 10-5, 9-4, and 13-0 before the match referee stopped the confrontation due to the large gap in points.
• Jendoubi was close to winning the gold seconds before the end of the match.
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