Hassan Ali and Saood Mir win gold medals

Published November 8, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Players in action during a National Taekwondo Championship match at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Wednesday.
ISLAMABAD: Players in action during a National Taekwondo Championship match at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD: After showing brilliant performance in U-17 events, Gilgit Baltistan’s Hassan Ali and Saood Mir won gold medals for their team Waziristan Azmiri in the ongoing National Taekwondo Championship here at the Pakistan Sports Complex’s indoor hall on Wednesday.

Hassan Ali won gold in U-45 kg contest while Saood Mir clinched gold in U-63 kg event.

Their team won Khyrougi/Poomsae Competitions U-17 with a total of seven medals (three gold, two silver and two bronze). While Army won Senior Poomsae events by winning 15 gold medals and one bronze medal followed by Wapda, whose athletes won five silver and eight bronze while HEC clinched third position with four silver and six bronze in the event.

Result:

Khyrougi/Poomsae competition (Under 17)

Waziristan Azmaray TKD Academy 1st Position (3 x Gold, 2 x Silver & 2 x Bronze medals with 107 points)

Balezone TKD Academy 2nd Position (2 x Gold, 2 x Silver & 2 x Bronze medals with 66 points)

Air Force TKD Club 3rd Position (1 x Silver & 3 x Bronze medals with 58 points)

Khyrougi/Poomsae competition (Under 17)

Waziristan Azmaray TKD Academy 1st Position (3 x Gold, 2 x Silver & 2 x Bronze medals with 107 points)

Balezone TKD Academy 2nd Position (2 x Gold, 2 x Silver & 2 x Bronze medals with 66 points)

Air Force TKD Club 3rd Position (1 x Silver & 3 x Bronze medals with 58 points)

Senior Poomsae competition

Pakistan Army 1st position (15 x Gold & 1 x Bronze medal; total 231 points)

Pakistan WAPDA 2nd position (5 x Silver & 8 x Bronze medals; total 90 points)

HEC 3rd position (4 x Silver and 6 x Bronze medals; total 72 points)

Khyrougi/Poomsae competition (Under 14)

Air Force TKD Club 1st Position (2 x Gold & 2 x Silver medals with 70 points)

Waziristan Azmaray TKD Academy 2nd Position (2 x Silver & 2 x Bronze medals with 70 points)

Khubaib TKD Academy 3rd Position (3 Gold, 1 x Silver & 2 x Bronze medals with 65 points)

Khyrougi/Poomsae competition (Under 10)

Khubaib TKD Academy (A) 1st Position (11 x Gold, 2 x Silver & 1 x Bronze medals with 221 points)

Khubaib TKD Academy (B) 2nd Position (2 x Gold, 2 x Silver & 5 x Bronze medals with 82 points)

Sindh TKD Association 3rd Position (1 x Gold, 2 x Silver & 2 x Bronze medals with 58 points)

Published in Dawn, November 8th, 2018

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