Qatar’s Younousse and Tijan start as favorites for an Olympic medal
Tokyo- Qatar's Beach Volleyball duo of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan will begin their campaign at Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games on Sunday.
The Qatari duo will take on Adrian Heidrich and Mirco Gerson of Switzerland at the Shiokaze Park.
Their Pool C also includes Jacob Gibb and Taylor Crabb of the United States in addition to Adrian Carambula and Enrico Rossi of Italy.
For his part, Qatar's Judoka Ayoub El Idriss will kick start his campaign in Men's 66 event on Sunday at Nippon Budokan Mat 1.
Tala Abujbara finished third in the repechage race of the women’s singles sculls rowing competition held on Saturday. As a result, she will participate in the minor placing races on Sunday.
On the other hand, Qatar's weightlifting star Fares Ibrahim Hassouna and the ace swimmer Abdulaziz Al Obaidly arrived in Tokyo on Saturday.
Hassouna secured his spot at Tokyo 2020 Olympics when he bagged two gold medals at 2019 Qatar International Cup Weightlifting Championships.
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