Islamabad
\nIran secured as many as six golds and two silver medals to become the ultimate winner of the prestigious 4th Combaxx Asian Open International Taekwondo Championship G2 organized by Pakistan Taekwondo Federation (PTF) at the Liaquat Gymnasium from Nov 1 to 4. Pakistan secured second place in the championship by winning three gold, three silver and one bronze medals while Egypt was named third with two gold, one silver and five bronze medals to its credit.
\nHowever, in the junior category events, Pakistani athletes prevailed and Pakistan remained to secure first place with as many as three golds, and one silver medal; Bahrain was declared second while Iran was named third in the junior category competitions.
\nOn the last and final day of the prestigious event, Kazakhstan\u2019s Nouray Bouzenova won the gold medal after beating Pakistan\u2019s Fatima-tuz-Zehra 2-0 in the -49kg Women\u2019s Final while Kazakhstan\u2019s Nooriya Seveostanova beat Pakistan\u2019s Noor Rehman 2-0 in the final of 57kg Women\u2019s contest.
\nEgypt\u2019s Malik Dia won the gold medal after beating Pakistan\u2019s Maleesha Ali 2-0 in the final of -73kg Women\u2019s competition.
\nIn the Men\u2019s -58kg final, Iran\u2019s Armin Hadipur beat Kazakhstan\u2019s Zhasserbek Islamov 2-0 while in the -68kg final, Iran\u2019s Muhammad Sadegh beat Kazakhstan Eldar Birimbay 2-1.
\nIn the -87 kg Men\u2019s completion final, Iran\u2019s Muhammad Amir beat Egypt\u2019s Muhammad Khattab 2-0 to secure Gold.
\nFederal Minister Shahzain Bugti, who was the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony, termed the event a testimony to Pakistan\u2019s love and capabilities for sports. He said he was impressed by the number of world-class players from a significant number of countries and the quality game presented during the entire event. \u201cSports bring world communities together and we must continue with such events to create peace and bring people from across the globe together\u201d, he said.
\nPakistan Taekwondo Federation President Col. (retd) Waseem Ahmed Janjua, said the event has been successfully staged, paving way for more international championships to be staged in the country in the future.
\nHe was thankful for all units, the sponsors mainly Combaxx Sports, and the referees who worked \u2018day in and day out to make this prestigious event a success.
\nKazakhstan\u2019s Ambassador said that a quality game was witnessed throughout the competitions of the entire event. \u201cMore significantly, not a single disputed decision took place in the entire event, which is impressive\u201d, he added.
\nThe Event\u2019s technical Delegate from Lebanon Danial Khorassandijan said that the referees\u2019 performance was superb in all the Asian level championships.
\nMany national and international dignitaries including Kazakhstan\u2019s ambassador to Pakistan, Oman\u2019s Vice Ambassador, Technical Delegates from Lebanon Danial Khorassandijan, Chairman Referee Commission Shehram Arbabi and others also graced the concluding ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad Iran secured as many as six golds and two silver medals to become the ultimate winner of the prestigious 4th Combaxx Asian Open International Taekwondo Championship G2 organized by Pakistan Taekwondo Federation (PTF) at the Liaquat Gymnasium from Nov 1 to 4. Pakistan secured second place in the championship by winning three gold, three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-293448","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n