Former international karate referee resolves controversy over “Turkish referee” decision against player “Tariq Hamdi”

Al-Marsad Journal: The coach, former international karate referee and one of the game’s founders in the Kingdom, Hussein Al-Hamoud, has resolved the controversy over the Turkish referee’s decision in favor of the Iranian player against the player, Tariq Hamdi, in the final of the karate competition at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Al-Hamoud said in an exclusive statement toobservatory“First of all, I congratulate our country, our government and our people, for this great achievement, with the success of Almighty God, and then the efforts of those in charge at all levels. I followed the match between the Saudi champion and his Iranian opponent.

He added: “After our hero advanced several points, what happened happened, and the Iranian player was awarded the gold medal by a controversial decision, as follows: the decision is the only one. among several controversial decisions; where it was considered that there was excessive force with the intent to harm.

Al-Hamoud stressed that “this is not true; The responsibility lies entirely with the Iranian player for his attack without any attempt to protect his head, and here our hero took the opportunity and scored a point in my opinion, but what came out was a faint for a short time.

The Saudi international referee concluded that the Iranian player’s fainting “does not bear the responsibility of the Saudi player, and that is what happens in all competitions, especially martial arts.”