LAHORE, Nov 26: Pakistan’s judoka Shah Hussain Shah clinched fifth position in the 2012 Judo Grand Prix held in the Chinese city of Qingdao on Sunday.

Shah Hussain clinched fifth position for Pakistan after he defeated South Korea’s Lim Seung Rok in the under 100kg category, The Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF) said in a press release on Monday.

Shah Hussain, along with two more judokas namely Karamat Butt and Shah Zaib will now participate in the Grand Slam-2012 Judo event in Tokyo next week.

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