The 16-year-old received the bronze medal after defeating an athlete from Tajikistan in seaside wrestling
Pakistani wrestler Hassan Ali on the Asian Youth Video games podium together with his bronze medal. PHOTO: Pakistan Olympic Affiliation
KARACHI:
Pakistan’s Hassan Ali grabbed the 70kg seaside wrestling bronze medal on the Asian Youth Video games at Sama Bay, Bahrain, on Thursday.
Hassan’s bronze medal struggle was with Tajikistan wrestler Idris Bakhromov.
The Pakistani teen was dominant within the match and received it 2-0.
That is the third medal for Pakistan on the Asian Youth Video games 2025.
“We’re extraordinarily blessed as a rustic to have a lot expertise in wrestling, we’re very pleased with Hassan’s medal. We had been anticipating him to win the gold medal. However total, he fought laborious and solely misplaced after a really shut struggle in all of his matches,” the Pakistan Wrestling Federation President Muhammad Arshad Sattar informed The Specific Tribune.
“We needed to discipline three wrestlers, however sadly, Usman, the third athlete who was meant to compete within the +80 kg occasion, bought injured and had a fracture in his hand, so we needed to let go of the slot for him.
“We had been hopeful that he might get a gold medal as effectively. However only a week earlier than the Asian Youth Video games, he picked up that damage.”
Earlier, the kabaddi staff took the bronze medal. Then the volleyball staff performed the ultimate and grabbed a silver medal after a defeat in opposition to Iran on Wednesday evening.
Hassan was a medal hope, however he misplaced his semifinal in opposition to Iran’s Sina Shokouhi 2-1 after a detailed struggle.
The opposite Pakistani wrestler, Abdul Rehman, additionally fought laborious to make his mark, however he confronted defeat in his bronze medal match, 2-0 in opposition to Jordan’s Zaid Naghouj.
The Pakistan Olympic Affiliation congratulated the athletes for his or her medal finishes of their disciplines.
“Pakistan Olympic Affiliation (POA) extends heartfelt congratulations to the athletes, their help personnel, and the respective Nationwide Sports activities Federations on these outstanding achievements. We want them continued success of their sporting journeys,” learn the assertion launched for the media by the Affiliation.
Hassan represented Pakistan within the junior belt-wrestling occasion in Russia, the place he received the gold medal. In the meantime, Abdul Rehman additionally received the Commonwealth junior wrestling bronze medal beforehand.
Abdul Rehman belongs to Gujranwala, whereas Hassan comes from Muzaffargarh.
The Inam-effect
Pakistan wrestling is now sorted by the previous three-time seaside wrestling world champion Muhammad Inam Butt.
The previous athlete is working with the athletes because the secretary of the Pakistan Wrestling Federation.
“The wrestlers educated with Inam in Gujranwala at his wrestling gymnasium,” defined Sattar. Inam has been instantly concerned in serving to these proficient wrestlers hone their abilities.
“There was a two-month camp for this occasion, and the children had been educated twice a day, as soon as for mat after which within the night, for seaside wrestling.”
Pakistani wrestlers thrive in seaside wrestling primarily as a consequence of its similarity to the standard South Asian wrestling.
Probably the most fascinating issue is that the majority Pakistani wrestlers put together for the seaside wrestling occasions in Punjab, the place they don’t have a seaside, however they create the situations to assist them prepare.
Sattar additional emphasised that Pakistan can have an Olympic medal within the subsequent 10 years in wrestling as effectively due to the expertise pool obtainable in Pakistan.
He added that there are professionals like Ghulam Fareed, who’s a United Wrestling-qualified coach, and has been appointed because the lecturer by the world governing physique to coach different coaches as effectively.
“We’re grateful that Allah has blessed us with expertise in teaching as effectively. Fareed trains the coaches from everywhere in the world. He’s additionally coaching our youth.
“What we want now’s the funding in wrestling; we have to put together our athletes with scientific information and strategy.”
Sattar added that the Pakistan Wrestling Federation held open trials for the Asian Youth Video games after which picked the most effective expertise.
