{"id":21927,"date":"2023-11-06T19:01:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T19:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/afghanistan-win-asian-open-taekwondo-pak-takes-silver-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T19:01:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T19:01:05","slug":"afghanistan-win-asian-open-taekwondo-pak-takes-silver-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/afghanistan-win-asian-open-taekwondo-pak-takes-silver-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan win Asian Open Taekwondo, Pak takes silver | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Afghanistan won the fifth COMBAXX Asian Open Taekwondo Championship <\/a>by winning two gold and two silver medals. Pakistan came second with two gold, one silver and seven bronze medals while the Kazakhstan team came third with one gold and four silver medals.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s event of the championship, Kazakhstan came first with four gold, one silver and three bronze medals, Great Britain came second with one gold and two silver medals whereas Iran came third with one gold and one silver medal.<\/p>\n

In the prize distribution ceremony of the championship, the distinguished guests were the President of the Asian Taekwondo Union Prof. Kyu Seok Lee, Squash legend Jahangir Khan, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Pakistan Yerzhan Kistafin, Ambassador of Nepal Tapas Adhikaw, President of Pakistan<\/a> Taekwondo Federation Colonel (retd) Waseem Janjua, Technical Delegate of the Championship Kook Hyun Jung, and CEO Umar Saeed distributed the prizes.<\/p>\n

Earlier, On the last day of the championship’s kyorugi event, four different weight category competitions were held.<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s competitions of 58kg final, Kazakhstan\u2019s Zhavokhirkhon Islamov performed brilliantly and won the gold medal by defeating Lev Korneev of Serbia 2-1 in an interesting match.<\/p>\n

Muhammad Nadhim of Iraq won the bronze medal while Samikhon of Kazakhstan won the fourth bronze.<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s -80kg category finals, Korea\u2019s Geon-Woo Seo won 2-0 against Serbia\u2019s Rustam Odinaev to win gold, while Iraq\u2019s Saif Taher Habeeb won the bronze, while Pakistan\u2019s Mazhar Abbas won the fourth.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s 62 kg category final, Serbia\u2019s Nadja Savkpvic won gold with a 2-1 victory over Pakistan\u2019s Zoya Sabir, however, Pakistan\u2019s Sara Rehman and Hajra Shakeel took bronze and fourth respectively.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s +73 category final, Kazakhstan\u2019s Cansel Deniz won 2-0 against Pakistan\u2019s Manisha Ali. Pakistan\u2019s Hina Khan grabbed bronze whereas Nuzrat Mumtaz took the fourth bronze medal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n