At the Hangzhou Asian Games, Omar Magomedomarov won the UAE’s first gold medal by winning the 100 kg judo division.
In the gold-medal match, he triumphed over Rakhimov Temur of Tajikistan. Zafer Kosovo of the UAE also won bronze in the under-100 kg division. With this triumph, the UAE has now won five judo medals overall.
Gregory Aram had won a bronze medal in the under-90 kg division. Additionally, on the first day of the Games, the judokas Bishrelt Khorloodoi and Narmandakh Bayanmunkh had taken home the UAE’s first medals.
Sultan Al Nuaimi, meantime, made history by becoming the first boxer from the UAE to triumph in a match at the Asian Games.
