{"id":94495,"date":"2025-05-27T14:53:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistanis-impress-with-6-medals-at-asian-jiu-jitsu-championship-2025-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T14:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:53:05","slug":"pakistanis-impress-with-6-medals-at-asian-jiu-jitsu-championship-2025-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistanis-impress-with-6-medals-at-asian-jiu-jitsu-championship-2025-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistanis impress with 6 medals at Asian Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2025 | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pakistan\u2019s Bano Kousar clinched gold in the women\u2019s 48-kilogram contact ju-jitsu category at the 2025 Asian Ju-Jitsu Championship, held in Amman, Jordan.<\/p>\n

Kousar triumphed over India\u2019s Richa Sharma in a closely contested final, marking a standout moment for Pakistan in the tournament.<\/p>\n

Kousar\u2019s victory on Day 3 of the competition was a highlight for\u00a0Pakistani athletes competing in sporting competition across the world.<\/p>\n

Pakistan had a successful outing overall at the Championship, securing a total of six medals across different categories.<\/p>\n

The tournament, which featured over 800 athletes from 27 countries, saw Pakistan\u2019s athletes deliver impressive performances, earning one gold, two silver, and three bronze medals.<\/p>\n

On the final day of the competition, Muhammad Yousuf and Umar Yaseen clinched silver medals in the U21 Duo and Show Men categories.<\/p>\n

The duo narrowly lost to Thailand in the final, after defeating Vietnam in the semi-final.<\/p>\n

This achievement marks a significant milestone for Yousuf and Yaseen, who had previously won gold in the U18 category at the 2024 championship.<\/p>\n

M. Ali Rashid and M. Yousuf Ali also contributed to the medal tally, earning a bronze in the Duo and Show Men category.<\/p>\n

Isra Waseem and Kainat Arif rounded off the medal haul for Pakistan, each winning bronze medals in the Duo and Show Women categories.<\/p>\n

Chairman of the Pakistan Jiu-Jitsu Federation, Khalil Ahmed Khan, expressed his pride in the team\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n

“These medals are not just accolades\u2014they are proof that Pakistani jiu-jitsu athletes meet international standards. We are proud of our athletes, coaches, and support staff who worked tirelessly to achieve this success,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan\u2019s Bano Kousar clinched gold in the women\u2019s 48-kilogram contact ju-jitsu category at the 2025 Asian Ju-Jitsu Championship, held in Amman, Jordan. Kousar triumphed over India\u2019s Richa Sharma in a closely contested final, marking a standout moment for Pakistan in the tournament. Kousar\u2019s victory on Day 3 of the competition was a highlight for\u00a0Pakistani athletes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/sportsdesk-news-story-640-x-480-px-640-x-4801748337136-0\/sportsdesk-news-story-640-x-480-px-640-x-4801748337136-0.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}