Pakistan named four taekwondo players yesterday for participation later
this month in the qualifiers for the next year's Olympics, newspapers reported
today.
The Pakistani squad, currently in training at Army Gymnasium in Rawalpindi,
will feature in the World Qualification Tournament for the Beijing Olympics 2008
to be held in Manchester, Britain, from Sept. 28 to 30, the DAWN newspaper
reported.
The four players are Faheem Fawad Butt, Kashif Khan, Samia Imdad and Kiran
Bano, said the report, quoting Secretary of Pakistan Taekwondo Federation, Wasim
Ahmed Janjua.
Taekwondo coach Faisal Mehmood left for South Korea on Monday to attend a
two-month coaching course in this martial sport at Kyung Hee University in
Seoul, according to the official.
Mehmood has been a taekwondo gold-medalist for Pakistan in the ninth and 10th
South Asian Games.
