Heba Press / Sports Section
Morocco won nine medals (1 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze) at the Boys and Men’s Muay Thai World Championships, currently taking place in Bangkok, Thailand (September 12-19).
The gold medal went to Salma Maghar in the -67kg category, after beating her competitor, Iranian Aissa Khanehiris, in the final match.
Maghar reached the end after beating the Canadian in the quarter-finals, then in the semi-finals she overcame Russian Ksenia Kavalyova with a suspension from the referee.
The silver medals went to Shaima Al-Taziri (under 45 kg) after her defeat in the final match against Thailand’s Nirasha Tankchio, Naufal Al-Nawar (under 45 kg) after stumbling against Russia’s Mark Davydenko and Sufyan Ben Hammou (under 71 kg) after losing in the final to Molesbek Kaniginov of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and then Marwa Al-Abbasi (under 60 kg) after her defeat in the same round against Russia’s Alexandra Letova.
As for the bronze medals, they were won by Anas Bouziane (under 86 kg), Adam Harir (under 63.5 kg), Wessal Al-Barboushi (under 51 kg), then Basma Masloub (under 54 kg). kg).
