Defeats in Muay Thai and handball

By JT - Nov 20,2014 - Last updated at Nov 20,2014

AMMAN — Jordan’s hopes of a medal in the Muay Thai events at the Asian Beach Games were delivered a blow after Mohammed Al Barri was beaten in his quarter-final match on Thursday, according to a statement from the Jordan Olympic Committee. Barri was beaten 5-0 by Mahmoud Sattar of Iran in the heavyweight category, leaving the last Jordan medal hopes in the hands of Mohammad Salameh, who competes in the 75kg category on Friday with a match against Vadim Loparev of Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, the women’s beach handball team was edged out in a fifth place play-off after losing a penalty shoot-out against Japan. The ladies lost the first half 13-11, but then played to win the second half 15-13 before losing the deciding penalty shoot-out 9-6. They have one final match to determine their final position on Friday against Turkmenistan, who they beat earlier this week in the group stage.

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