º£½ÇÖ±²¥â€™s Fay Al-Juaid wins gold at Arab Judo Championship for the Blind

Fay Al-Juaid of the º£½ÇÖ±²¥n women’s judo team has won gold at the first Arab Open Championship for the Blind. (Twitter: @saudijudo)
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  • The competition was part of the Arab Judo Championship Open, which concluded on Wednesday

Fay Al-Juaid of the º£½ÇÖ±²¥n women’s judo team has won gold at the first Arab Open Championship for the Blind at the Cairo International Stadium in Egypt.

Al-Juaid finished first in the 48kg category after beating Egyptian opponent Zahwa Mahmoud in the final on Sunday.

The competition concluded on Wednesday night, with 35 participants from º£½ÇÖ±²¥, Egypt, Iraq and Kuwait taking part.

The competition for blind athletes was part of the Arab Judo Championship Open, which saw 600 judokas representing 12 Arab countries — hosts Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, the UAE, º£½ÇÖ±²¥, Qatar, Kuwait, Yemen, Libya and Morocco — take part.