Saadi wins gold in Asian Karate Cship

Sports Desk LAHORE - Pakistans ace martial art player, Saadi Abbas put up a dazzling performance to win gold in his 67kgs bout of the 10th Asian Karate Championship in China, a private TV channel quoted as saying. He defeated South Korean player Kim Ju Won in gold medal fight. Saadi, also the winner of a gold medal in Commonwealth Championship, demonstrated brilliance and prowess to beat his respective opponents from Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Hong Kong to get a place in the final. In all,526 players from 33 countries of Asia participated in the Championship. Meanwhile a spokesman of Pakistan Karate Federation said that: It is a matter of great honour for Pakistan that any Pakistani karate player demonstrated a higher level of game to win a gold medal in an Asian Championship. He said the Pakistan Karate Federation (PKF) in collaboration with Pakistan Sports Board organized three weeks training camp in Iran and one month training camp in Peshawar to prepare its team to feature in the Asian Championship. Meanwhile, the gold medallist for Iran, Zabihollah Pourshib competing in the minus 84 kg, won the gold medal after overpowering an Uzbek athlete becoming the finalist of the category. He previously won over two Nepali and Kazakh rivals and then in the third leg a Japanese athlete. Saeed Farrokhi in the minus 75 kilograms category won the gold medal after he defeated three Indian, Sri Lankan, and Kuwaiti rivals, and finally an Japanese athlete.

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