To date, Abbas is the only karate player in South Asia who holds the honour of being a gold medalist in the Asian Karate Championship. PHOTO: FILE
The competition was held from April 15-20 where Abbas went on to beat players of Guatemala, USA, Greece and Ecuador in the preliminary rounds and semi-finals.
He was involved in a tough final against home player J. Henry but Abbas managed to come out as the winner with a score of 4-2.
Abbas also won gold medals at the Commonwealth Karate Championships in 2010, which took place in South Africa and Montreal in 2013.
Apart from those feats, he also won a gold medal at the 11th Asian Karate Championship which was held in China.
To date he is the only karate player in South Asia who holds the honour of being a gold medalist in the Asian Karate Championship.
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Excellent !
Congrats Saadi, Thanks for making Pakistan proud all over the world.