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BUSAN, Oct 7: India routed Pakistan 37-7 here Monday to win a fourth consecutive Asian Games kabaddi gold medal in a match that saw tempers flare between players for the political rivals.
The concluding round-robin match was the first kabaddi meeting between India and Pakistan in three years. Bangladesh won the silver medal and bronze went to Pakistan.
Late in the first half with India leading 22-4, Pakistan’s Muhammad Latif shoved India’s Ramesh Kumar as he was waiting before crossing the center line to claim a point for touching out Latif.
Kumar responded with a shove and both teams rushed to the center of the court before officials intervened and cooler heads prevailed.
Moments after the teams were seperated, Latif strode across the court to the India team and apoligized to Kumar. Pakistani coach Muhammad Sarwar swatted him on the back of the head for starting the fracas as he walked to apologize.
NOMAN IN SEMIS
Pakistan’s Noman Karim stormed into lightweight semifinals after drubbing Violito Payla of the Philippines, 31-19 in the boxing competition.
Noman’s opponent in the last four will be South Korea’s Kim Tae-Kue who beat Otgonchuluun Batkhuu of Mongolia when referee stopped the contest in the second round.
Pakistani super-heavyweight Mirza Muzafar Iqbal is also in the semifinals after outpointing Ruslan Avasov of Kyrgyzstan, 24-8.
His opponent will be Uzbek Rustam Saidov, bronze medallist in the last Olympics, who stopped India’s Harpal Singh late in the third round.
(Quarterfinals)
LIGHTWEIGHT: Noman Karim (Pak) bt Violito Payla (Phi) pts 31-19; Kim Tae-Kue (Kor) bt Otgonchuluun Batkhuu (Mgl) RSCO 2nd rd; Somjit Jongjohor (Tha) bt Kaoru Murahashi (Jpn) pts 16-4; Zou Gang (Chn) bt Ratnayake Anuruddha Bandara (Sri) pts 27-13
SUPER-HEAVYWEIGHT: Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (Kaz) bt Lee Kang-Un (Kor) pts 26-12; Zhang Junlong (Chn) bt Pan Minnan (Tpe) RSCO 2nd rd; Mirza Muzafar Iqbal (Pak) bt Ruslan Avasov (Kgz) pts 24-8; Rustam Saidov (Uzb) bt Harpal Singh (Ind) RSCO 3rd rd.
ALLAH DITA QUALIFIES
Pakistan’s Allah Dita finished seventh with a time of 50.77 to qualify for the the 400 metres hurdles final.
ATHLETICS RESULTS:
Qualifiers for 400m hurdles final
1. Mubarak al-Nobi (Qat) 48.76 (GR)
2. Hadi al-Somayli 49.03 (Ksa)
3. Dai Tamesue (Jpn) 49.66
4. Yevgeniy Melesshenko (Kaz) 49.82
5. Ashok Jayasundara (Sri) 50.40
6. Ken Yoshizawa (Jpn) 50.65
7. Allah Ditta (Pak) 50.77
8. Chen Tien-Wen (Tpe) 51.05.—AFP
