ABDUL JABBAR FAISAL
ISLAMABAD (May 22, 2020):-The players from Sindh showed impressive performance in the first Online Taekwondo Poomsae Championship 2020, which was held under the banner of Pakistan Taekwondo Federation (PTF).
Sindh maintained position with 2 gold, 10 silvers and 22 bronzes, as they aggregated 264 points while Punjab stood at second spot with 8 gold, 7 silvers and 10 bronzes. They secured 248 points). Khyber Pakhtun Khwa (KPK) got third position with 189 points, as they won 10 gold, 2 silvers and 3 bronzes medals.
Foreign-based Pakistani fighters and players belonging to other nationalities including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, USA, Jordan, Russia, India, Philippines, Kazakhstan, Sudan and Nepal were also featuring.
As per results of Female Under-26 Creative Poomsae, in Group 1, Wania Ghassan of KPK claimed gold, Fatima Khawer of Sindh clinched silver while Samia Zafar & Zara Shafi of Sindh grabbed bronze each.
In Male Under-11 Poomsae, in Group 1, Awais Kabir of Punjab got gold, Muhammad Hamdan of Punjab lifted silver while Azmaan Kamran & Arsalan Ullah Khattak of Sindh claimed bronze each.
In Group 2 12 Year & Above, Huzaifa Qamar of Punjab got gold, Bilal Ahmed of Balochistan secured silver while Ikram Ullah Khattak & Bilal Khaskheli of Sindh claimed bronze each.
In Senior Male Group 1 (41 to 45 Years) Muhammad Qasir of KPK got gold, Kamran Qureshi of Sindh secured silver while Ashfaq Ahmed of Sindh and Rana M Saleem of Punjab got bronze each.
In Group 2 (46 years and Above) Dr Zameer Altaf of Punjab Got Gold, Asad Raza of Sindh secured Silver while Noor Ahmed Abbasi and Mateen Aziz of Sindh claimed Bronze each.