KARACHI: After snaring a couple of bronze medals in the 21st Commonwealth Games in Australia, national weightlifters will assemble for a proper camp this month to begin preparations for the Asian Games penciled in for August 18 to September 2.
“We have contacted the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) and this month we will be able to hold the camp for the Asian Games,’ a senior official of Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWF) told The News.
Asia is full of Olympic and world champions in weightlifting and it would be an uphill task for national weightlifters to show their presence at the biggest stage in Indonesia. But the PWF official said that the best efforts from their weightlifters would be considered a huge success for them.
“If a weightlifter improves his standing in Asian Games it would be of high value for them and their future,” the official said. Nooh Dastagir Butt (+105kg) and Talha Talib (62kg) recently won bronze in Commonwealth Games in Australia. It is not yet known how many weightlifters will be sent to Indonesia.
“It is yet to be decided. We will see the case from various angles before finalizing it,” the official said. The official said that PWF also needs a foreign coach. “There is no doubt that we need coach. But you know a suitable coach will not come on less than 8000 US dollars which is too high an amount. The PSB may not be able to give more than 2500 US dollars which is a laid down policy,” the official conceded.
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