Pak athletes take gold tally to six in SAG

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan earn­ed four more gold medals on Tuesday with Saadi Abbas living up to his reputation while shooting team events also fetched two top position for the country.

Saadi won gold in 75kg karate event, making it three in the game for Pakistan. In all Pakistan won three gold, seven silver and one bronze in karate alone. Kulsoom won silver in women 68kg category. Hosts Nepal dominated karate event winning eight gold medals so far.

Pakistan also scooped up two gold medals in shooting team event. In three-position rifle team event for men, Pakistan’s Zeeshan Shakir, Aqib Latif and Ghufran Adil won gold. Pakistan shooting team also clinched team gold in Centre fire. Maqbool, Bashir and Khalil Akhtar were part of the gold winning team.

Shahzaib broke the ice in the taekwondo event when he won gold in 54kg category to make Pakistan’s sixth gold medal in the event so far. Besides six gold, Pakistan have earned 11 silver medals so far and 15 bronze.

Moreover, Pakistan volleyball team has failed to maintain its supremacy over India and lost 1-3 for gold medal match.