Pakistan's 8 years old Ayesha makes history at International Taekwondo Championship 2019
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DUBAI - Pakistan have won two Gold medals in 7th Fujairah Open International Taekwondo Championship-2019.
Pakistani team consisting of 21 members including eight-year-old Ayesha clinched two Gold medals, one Silver and two Bronze medals in the event.
More than 1,200 players from 40 countries took part in the event.
UAE based Pakistani fighter Sinan Ashfaq and Mohammad Danish from South Waziristan won Gold medals for Pakistan.
Sinan received the medal in international competition after 18 months of break due to injury.
On the other hand, Danish had also clinched the gold medal in Fujairah last year and thrashed his opponents this year too.
Speaking with a daily newspaper, Sinan proudly stated that the victory always encourages a player, provides energy to do more rigorous training to perform well in competition.
Eight-year-old Ayesha Ayaz clinched the bronze medal in the 27-kilogramme category.
Ayesha, who belongs to Swat, was the youngest ever player to represent a country in any international event.
While, Taimoor Saeed from Karachi won the silver medal for Pakistan and Arifullah Wazir from North Waziristan got bronze medal after defeating the fighters from Egypt, Uzbikistan and Saudi Arabia but lost in semi-finals.
The Pakistan Taekwondo Federation President Colonel (retired) Waseem said his federation’s efforts had always been to help potential taekwondo players qualify for the 2020 Olympics.
