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Pakistan has won a bronze medal in the Poomsae event of the Asian Taekwondo Championship in Vietnam.
Happening at Vietnam’s Da Nang, the Pakistan Poomsae team bagged a bronze medal in the over-30 event category.
The national players comprised Shehbaz Ahmed, Mudassar Hussain, and Muhammad Mumtaz.
Iran won the gold medal with 8.182 points, Vietnam won the silver medal with 7.630, whereas Chinese Taipei & Pakistan got the bronze medal with 7.583 and 7.533 points.
Saudi Arabia was fifth with 7.299 points and the Indian team finished in sixth position with 6.349 points. Master Seongoh Choi, the poomsae coach of the Pakistan national team, while appreciating the performance of the national athletes, said that the players have made a place on the victory stand by using their full potential against their competitors.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Taekwondo Federation President, Colonel (R) Wasim Ahmed, CEO Omar Saeed, and Secretary General Murtaza Bangash congratulated the medal winners for their outstanding performance and winning a medal for the nation.
