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MARTIAL ARTS - Taekwondo 26 May, 2023

Taekwondo News: Pakistan 4 players to feature in World Championship
Taekwondo News: Pakistan 4 players to feature in World Championship

Sports Bulletin Report

KARACHI:-The 4-man national taekwondo team left for Baku to participate in the World Taekwondo Championship (G-14) scheduled to be held from May 29 to June 4, 2023 in the Crystal Hall Baku, Azerbaijan.

South Asian Games gold medalist Haroon Khan, Hamza Umar Saeed, Shahzeb Khan, and Arbaaz Khan will take part in four different weight categories -58kg, -87kg, -54kg, and -68kg respectively.  Arbaaz Khan. Umar Saeed will be head of the squad while Yusuf Karami will accompany the squad as the coach of the team. Ashfaq Ahmed will perform the duties of manager, and Faisal Butt as a trainer.

Chairman, Higher Education Commission (HEC) Professor Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed said:

“There is immense talent in taekwondo in Pakistan, if these players are groomed more, surely our players will be at their best at international level.”

President PTF Col. Waseem Janjua said:

"The players got 17 days of training in Iran this month. Our players are fully fit physically and mentally and they will try hard to reach the victory stand by showing their hundred percent performance”.

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