Judoka Shah Hussain claims first medal for Pakistan in Birmingham CWG
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Shah Hussain Shah ended Pakistan's medal drought in the ongoing Commonwealth Games.
BIRMINGHAM (APP) - Judoka Shah Hussain Shah ended Pakistan’s medal drought in the ongoing Commonwealth Games as he claimed bronze medal in -90kg division after outwitting South African opponent Thomas-Laszlo Breytenbach at Coventry Arena, Birmingham on Wednesday.
The two-time Olympian Shah Hussain faced Australian Harrison Cassar in the quarter-finals directly on Wednesday as the weight category carried only six entries but he remained unable to overcome him.
He then got chance in repechage where he knocked out Thomas-Laszlo, earning maiden medal for Pakistan.
He is the only Pakistani judoka who secured silver medal for Pakistan in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games in -100 kg division. But in Birmingham Games he appeared in -90kg division.
Earlier on Wednesday Hanzala Dastgir Butt remained unsuccessful in the 109 kg final as he ended ninth.
