Pakistan bags first medal at Commonwealth Games

Published July 27, 2014
— File photo
— File photo

GLASGOW: Pakistan won its first medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow when Shah Hussain Shah bagged a silver medal in the 100-kg Judo event, DawnNews reported.

Shah lost to Scotland’s Euan Burton in the final session of men's judo event, coming second.

Shah had reached the final after defeating New Zealand’s Tim Slyfield in the semifinal.

Previously, he also won a bronze medal in the Asian Judo Championship and a bronze again at the Under-20 JIKJI Cup International Judo Championship held in South Korea.

He is the son of former Pakistani boxer Hussain Shah, who had also received a bronze medal in the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics in the middle weight category, and was the first Pakistani to win an Olympic boxing medal.

He has also represented Pakistan at the SAF Games in the past.

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