Breaking: Jessa Khan Wins Asian Games Gold Medal for Cambodia !
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:21 pm
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Cambodia defeats UAE to win gold in women's 49 kg ju-jitsu at Asian Games
24 Aug 2018
Cambodia's Jessa Khan defeated the United Arab Emirates' Alhinaai Mahra to win gold in the Newaza Women's 49kg ju-jitsu event on Friday at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.
Margarita Ochoa from the Philippines - who dominated last year's Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Turkmenistan - was a favorite to win gold but lost her quartefinal match to Duong Thi Thanh Minh of Vietnam.
Ochoa won the bronze against compatriot Kaila Napolis, who had lost to Khan.
This is Cambodia's only medal at the competition so far, while the UAE has won two golds and three silver medals.
https://www.efe.com/efe/english/destaca ... 61-3728655
Reminder about why this is a big deal for Cambodia: This will be Cambodia's second medal EVER in the Asian Games, after Sorn Seavmey's mythic Gold in 2014.
Cambodia defeats UAE to win gold in women's 49 kg ju-jitsu at Asian Games
24 Aug 2018
Cambodia's Jessa Khan defeated the United Arab Emirates' Alhinaai Mahra to win gold in the Newaza Women's 49kg ju-jitsu event on Friday at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.
Margarita Ochoa from the Philippines - who dominated last year's Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Turkmenistan - was a favorite to win gold but lost her quartefinal match to Duong Thi Thanh Minh of Vietnam.
Ochoa won the bronze against compatriot Kaila Napolis, who had lost to Khan.
This is Cambodia's only medal at the competition so far, while the UAE has won two golds and three silver medals.
https://www.efe.com/efe/english/destaca ... 61-3728655
Reminder about why this is a big deal for Cambodia: This will be Cambodia's second medal EVER in the Asian Games, after Sorn Seavmey's mythic Gold in 2014.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50523711/c ... mes-glory/At the last edition of the games in Incheon, South Korea, in 2014, Taekwondo star Sorn Seavmey was the team’s sole medalist bringing the country’s 44-year wait for an Asian Games medal to an end and catapulting herself to superstar status.