Asian Taekwondo: Pak players dominate with 9 Gold Medals on day 1
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Islamabad: On the first day of the 5th COMBAXX Asian Taekwondo Open Championship, Pakistani players dominated the poomsae event here. The national players won a total of 9 gold medals. One gold medal went to Nepal.
In Poomsae's under-30 mixed pair event, Pakistan's Flower Zaheer and Anas won gold with 7.48 points, Higher Education Commission's Ammar and Fatima won silver with 6.71 points, and Sindh's Shafi won bronze with 6.43 and Zain Hasan and Latif of Nueces University won the fourth bronze medal by scoring 6.39 points. In over-30 categories, Ali and Shafaqat of Pakistan WAPDA were first with 6.59, Ali and Bashir of Pakistan were second with 6.26, Chingizi and Kausar of Punjab were third while Farhan and Hajra of Sindh came fourth.
In the men's under-30 team event, Pakistan's Qadeer, Waheed and Hussain won gold with 7.48 points, Pakistan Army's Shehzad, Didar and Ahmed got silver with 7.36 points, While WAPDA's Khalid, Abbas and Ayub won the bronze and Army's Tariq, Gul and Jameel won the fourth bronze medal. In the men's over 30 team category, Pakistan's Hussain, Mumtaz and Ali stood first with 6.98, Army's Haq, Mehmood and Waqas stood second with 6.79, WAPDA's Ali, Saleem and Akhtar stood third and Saudi Arabia Albane, Al-Madali and Al-Abbas took the fourth position. In the women's under-40 individual event, Mehrul Nasa of Pakistan won gold, Aqsa Shafaqat of Pakistan won silver, Mahdiyeh Oghbaei of Iran won bronze and Hajira Nawab of Sindh won second bronze. In Men's Under-40 Individual Event, Pakistan's Shahbaz Ahmed finished first, Saudi Arabia's Muhammad Ali Al-Abbas took second, Pakistan's Mudassar Hussain third and Saudi Arabia's Salman Ali Al-Albane took fourth position.
In the Men's Under-30 Individual Event, Nepal's Ashmin Raut won gold, Pakistan's Aqdasullah won silver, Sindh's Hasan Alam won bronze while Pakistan's Ahmed Shahzad won fourth bronze.
Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 02 2023
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