KARACHI:
Pakistan’s promising wrestlers Noman Zaka and Mohammad Abdullah failed to offer breakthrough and had been exited within the freestyle wrestling competitions of the twentieth Asian Video games in Nagoya on Friday.
Abdullah misplaced his first bout. Nevertheless Noman was capable of take a strong begin by beating a Cambodian wrestler in his 86kg first battle and certified for the quarter-finals. Nevertheless he tasted defeat there by the hands of one of many main Japanese wrestlers. He was given a repechage battle however he additionally misplaced that in opposition to a high-profile Kazakh wrestler.
As per particulars Noman took a unbelievable begin when he superior to the quarter-finals after defeating Cambodia’s Vuthy Heng.
Noman dominated the round-of-16 bout on the Nagoya Metropolis Inae Sports activities Heart, racing to a 10-4 lead earlier than securing victory by fall.
The Pakistani wrestler had established an 8-4 benefit within the opening interval earlier than including two extra factors and sealing the competition to e book his place within the final eight.
Nevertheless within the quarters Zaka failed and was overwhelmed 10-0 by Japan’s Hayato Ishiguro.
Ishiguro, the 2025 Zagreb World Championship silver medallist, dominated the competition, racing to a ten-point benefit with out conceding some extent.
The Japanese wrestler was declared the winner by technical superiority, ending Noman’s run within the competitors.
Zaka then noticed his marketing campaign ended after shedding 10-0 to Kazakhstan’s Azamat Dauletbekov within the repechage. Azmat is two-time world bronze medallist and three-time Asian champion.
Dauletbekov dominated the competition, scoring 5 two-point strikes to construct a 10-0 benefit.
The Kazakh wrestler was declared the winner by technical superiority, ending Noman’s hopes of reaching the bronze medal contest.
In the meantime Muhammad Abdullah suffered a 13-2 defeat in opposition to North Korea’s Kim Kwang Jin within the males’s freestyle 65kg wrestling qualification spherical.
Kim dominated the competition, constructing a commanding lead by way of a collection of two-point strikes.
Abdullah managed to attain two factors however couldn’t halt his opponent’s cost.
Kim was ultimately declared the winner by technical superiority with factors scored by his opponent, sealing a 4-1 classification victory and advancing to the spherical of 16.
Pakistan’s high taekwondo fighter Shahzaib Khan additionally exited within the first spherical.
He was overwhelmed by Vietnam’s Nguyen Hong Trong 2-1 within the -58kg occasion.
Shahzaib made a brilliant begin to the competition on the Toyohashi Gymnasium, edging Nguyen 12-11 in a carefully fought opening spherical.
The Vietnamese fighter, nevertheless, responded strongly within the second spherical, shutting out Shahzaib 8-0 to degree the competition and drive a decisive third spherical.
Nguyen maintained his momentum within the closing spherical and secured a 13-0 victory to seal the competition 2-1.
Shahzaib struggled to discover a manner by way of his opponent’s defence after a powerful opening spherical, whereas Nguyen capitalised on his alternatives to take management of the bout.
“It’s a disappointing end result,” Pakistan Taekwondo Federation’s (PTF) chairman Col Mohammad Wasim informed The Specific Tribune.
“It’s a query mark why he was outclassed after profitable the primary spherical. It’s a failure on the a part of the fighter and coach Karami who couldn’t deal with him in the best manner,” Wasim mentioned.
“After profitable the primary spherical 12-11, going pointless within the subsequent two rounds means he has been outclassed,” Wasim mentioned.
Shahzaib had received bronze within the President’s Cup in Lahore, an occasion which had Asian Video games like normal.