Mohammad Al Bakhit of Jordan claimed the men's 54kg gold medal to win the first taekwondo gold at the Doha Asiad, beating Vasavat Somswang of Thailand 1-0 in the final here on Thursday.

Renat Kuralbayev of Kazakhstan and Rahim A. Hameed Ebrahim A of Bahrain took the bronze medals after they lost to Somswang and Al Bakhit respectively in the semifinals.