KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan taekwondo player Murtaza Saleh has won a gold medal in a competition involving 14 countries in Pakistan, the Department of Physical Education and National Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.
Nazar Mohammad Muttmain, acting head of the national Olympic committee, wrote on his twitter that Murtaza Saleh defeated four Pakistani, one Egyptian and one Albanian opponents in six matches of G1.
He added that by winning these games, Saleh was able to win a gold medal for the Afghan team.
On Sunday, five other Afghan taekwondo fighters also defeated their Pakistani rivals in the same event.
Sa/ma . . .
