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Pakistan got 4th position on 13th South Asian Games (SAG) medals table.


KARACHI: Pakistan is at the fourth position in South Asian Games in Nepal as the penultimate day would turn out on Tuesday, yet the way that the nation has slid one more spot contrasted with the last release of the games is woeful to many.

Pakistan has so far 127 awards, with 32 gold decorations, the last two were taken by the two judo players – Olympian Shah Hussain Shah in - 100kg and Hamid Ali in +100kg classes. Other than Pakistan has likewise packed away 37 silver decorations and 59 bronze awards.

As per the spread shared by the Pakistan Olympic Affiliation media gathering, Pakistan's all out is 127 awards, however, the games' legitimate site, which is generally slower, shows 124 decorations. A major lump of the decorations originated from the judo players – two gold awards, two silver, and four bronze awards.


Pakistan has so far 127 awards, with 32 gold decorations, the last two were taken by the two judo players – Olympian Shah Hussain Shah in - 100kg and Hamid Ali in +100kg classes. Other than Pakistan has likewise packed away 37 silver decorations and 59 bronze awards.

As per the spread shared by the Pakistan Olympic Affiliation media gathering, Pakistan's all out is 127 awards, however, the games' legitimate site, which is generally slower, shows 124 decorations. A major lump of the decorations originated from the judo players – two gold awards, two silver, and four bronze awards.

Pakistan is well behind India (a top spot with 294 awards, including 159 gold decorations, as indicated by the Droop official site), the hosts Nepal have 195 awards out and out (49 gold awards) and Sri Lanka are in the third spot with 39 gold decorations and 236 through and through. In the past release, Pakistan's awards were 106 however won just 16 gold decorations.

As indicated by the Pakistan Judo Organization (PJF) official Masood Ahmed, in spite of the fact that the judo crew alone won more decorations this time with a little squad of 10 against 14 last time, Pakistan isn't holding up as the key games nation in the area because of the absence of arranging and assets for the competitors.

"Pakistan Olympic Affiliation and Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) need to concoct arrangements, our games are enduring on the grounds that we don't have the indistinguishable spotlight on the competitors from India or different nations have in the locale


Our judokas performed surprisingly, our principle rivalry generally is with India, and we were anticipating four gold decorations, yet the reality remains that our competitors prepared without anyone else, we didn't send them to another country for preparing despite everything they delivered results," he said.

"We need arrangements and long haul arranging as well, similar to Nepal sent their competitors to Japan and Cambodia to prepare before the games, India have throughout the entire year camps, while we even battle to meet the authoritative costs, how might we proceed in this condition, where sports isn't a need?"

Ahmed said that the least government can do is bolster the medallists for the following year and Olympic arrangements with preparing camps abroad. He called attention to that there is likewise a deficiency of qualified mentors in Pakistan, while for the games alone, the legislature didn't give quality units to the competitors speaking to the nation at the games.

"We additionally need advancement with regards to mentors, in judo, yet in general, and need to send our players to another country, here the alliances even battled with the packs for the games, how might we bear the cost of additional, the POA and PSB should investigate the nuts and bolts," said Ahmed.

"We have the gigantic potential for Judo in Balochistan, Fata, and Gilgit-Baltistan, yet as an alliance official, I can tell that we don't have awards to send our competitors to another country, we don't have the cash to run the managerial staff either."

Pakistan was second in the 2010 South Asian Games with India at the main two releases prior, with 2016 and 2019 games Pakistan have lost their hold from runner up to third and now fourth individually.

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