?Bahrain’s national mixed martial arts team clinched five medals in total (4 gold, 1 silver) at the Second Africa Amateurs Open Championship in Johannesburg.
Supreme Council for Youth and Sports assistant secretary general and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) general secretary Abdulrahman Askar led high-ranking sports officials to welcome members of the team on return.
Joined by BOC board member and MMA president Khalid Al Khayyat, Askar congratulated the team on this achievement, which underlines the progress of mixed martial arts in Bahrain.
Askar also noted the support of Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, Supreme Council for Youth and Sports Chairman, and BOC President to the federation, which played a key part in this remarkable result.
