NEPAL - Pakistani athletes shine at South Asian Games as they bag six gold medals in different categories of the tournament.
According to details, Pakistan athletes have bagged six gold, eleven silver and fifteen bronze medals in the ongoing tournament held in Pokhara and Kathmandu.
According to the latest results, Saadi Ghulam Abbas won gold medal in the men’s 75 kg karate event, Noman Ahmed in 50kg Karate category and Mohammad Uzair in athletics.
In taekwondo, Shahzeb bagged a gold medal in the men’s 54 kg category, while Sidra Batool and Muhammad Faheem bagged silver medals in the same category.
Mohammad Khalil Akhtar, Ghulam Mustafa Bashir and Maqbool Hussain bagged gold medal in the center fire pistol team event while Ghufran Adil, Aqib Latif and Zeeshan Shakir got gold in 3x position rifle team competition.
Pakistan’s volley ball team won silver medal after losing a match to India by 3-1. Sami-ullah won bronze medal in 100 meter race while men and women teams in badminton also won bronze medals.
After defeating Sri Lanka in the semifinals of tennis, Pakistan men’s team has reached the finals.