NNA - Lebanese national team player Anthony Naufal (under 55 kg) won a silver medal in the Kyorugi style (freestyle fighting) in the Turkey Open Taekwondo Championship. Naufal is a member of the Lebanese delegation participating under the supervision of the Iranian coach, former world champion Farzad Abdullah.

Naufal succeeded in qualifying for the final round. He played six matches, winning in the quarter-finals against a Turkish player, in the semi-finals against an Iranian player, and losing in the final to a Turkish player.

President of the Lebanese Taekwondo Federation, Habib Zarifah, contacted Naufal and congratulated him on the silver medal.  

Jane Abboud (13 years old) had earlier won a silver medal for Lebanon on the first day of the tournament.

==========R.Sh.