Palestine’s Ismail despondent after Olympic taekwondo loss to Vicente
The athlete is the first Palestinian to qualify directly for the Games and had dreamed of reaching the podiumAs his dreams of competing for a taekwondo Olympic medal evaporated in the frantic final seconds of his second contest of the day, Omar Yaser Ismail fell to his knees in disbelief. Even after his opponent, Adrián Vicente, comforted him and the …