33rd Fajr Open and World Taekwondo President’s Asia CupIran
Karachi : After participating in the 33rd Fajr Open and World Taekwondo President’s Asia Cup played in Tehran, Iran, Pakistani players Haroon Khan, Hamza Saeed, Mazhar Abbas, Shahzaib Khan, Arbaz Khan, Ikhteshamul Haq returned to Pakistan at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport. Taekwondo Federation Executive Member Zubair Macha and other officials welcomed the national team warmly by offering garlands and bouquets on their arrival at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport. On this occasion, Hamza Saeed, who won the gold medal for Pakistan in the +87kg category of the Fajr Open Taekwondo Championship, said that during the championship, it was a tough competition by the opponent players, especially the Iranian players gave a tough time, but thanks to our head coach Yusuf Karami’s hard work and guidance in the training sessions, Almighty Allah gave me success and a victory.”My next target for the Paris Olympics is to reach the victory stand in the Asian Olympic Qualifiers to be held in China this March and the Asian Taekwondo Championship in Vietnam in May, for which I will pay more attention to my training to further hone my skills, he added. It should be noted that Pakistan’s Hamza Saeed was declared the best player of the Fajr Open Championship and won the bronze medal in the President’s Asia Cup. Shahzeb Khan, who won the bronze medal in the -54 kg category in the World Taekwondo President’s Asia Cup, said that he regretted not winning the gold medal. In the final, there was very tough competition between Bektor and Lakhanyu of Kazakhstan, unfortunately, he lost the fight. Meanwhile, the President of the Pakistan Taekwondo Federation Col. Waseem Janjua, and CEO Omar Saeed expressed their satisfaction with the performance of the national team in Iran and and hoped for better results from the players in the upcoming events.