Sanad Sufyani takes gold in +84 kg Olympic category One silver, two bronze medals collected in youth, junior categories LA CORUNA, Spain: The Saudi karate team won a gold, a silver and two bronze medals at the World Youth League Championship in Spain over the weekend. For the latest updates, follow us on Twitter @ArabNewsSport The gold medal was won by Sanad Sufyani in the +84 kg Olympic category, the silver by Sultan Al-Qahtani in the -61 kg youth category, and the bronzes by Abdullah Al-Qahtani (-70 kg) and Saad Al-Saif (-57kg) in the junior category. The Kingdom’s team is coached by Mounir Afqir and his assistant Mohamed Ghazwani. The president of the Saudi Karate Federation, Mushrif Al-Shihry, thanked Sports Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal for his support of the sport in the Kingdom. The prince is also chairman of the Olympic and Paralympic Committee. Al-Shihry said the nation’s backing had been key to the team’s success and enabled the federation to foster male and female champions in a range of categories and weights. Saudi karatekas are now preparing for the International Karate Federation World Premier League, which gets underway in May in Rabat, Morocco.