Afghans Know Their Martial Arts!

Based on the results of the 2010 South Asian Games (currently being held in Bangladesh), Afghanistan definitely has some skilled martial artists. In fact, the majority of the medals won so far have been in some sort of martial art. Two more gold medals were added to the total medal count when Mohammad Tamim and Sayed Mohammad both won gold medals in Karate today. Mohammad Tamim won in the Under 60 group and Sayed Mohammad won in the Under 67 group. Besides these two gold medals, a total of 8 additional medals were won in such sports as Taekwondo, Wushu, and Boxing. The highest medal in Boxing for Afghanistan came from Mohammad Aref when he won silver today. Outside of martial arts, the Afghan football team won a silver medal today.

The total medal count is now 32, with 7 of them being gold.

Table shows all the medals won so far (as of February 8, 2010):

Sport	Event	Athletes	Medal	Date
Basketball	Men’s Basketball	Team	GOLD	Feb 5th
Karate	Under 60	Mohammad Tamim	GOLD	Feb 8th
Karate	Under 67	Sayed Mohammad	GOLD	Feb 8th
Taekwondo	Under 74 KG	Sayed Massoud Hashemi	GOLD	Feb 7th
Wrestling	Up to 60 KG	Abdul Karim Wakedi	GOLD	Feb 7th
Taekwondo	Under 63 KG	Mohammad Haidari	GOLD	Feb 6th
Taekwondo	Under 68 KG	Sayed Hasan Rezai	GOLD	Feb 6th
Boxing	Up to 48 KG	Mohammad Aref	SILVER	Feb 8th
Football	Men’s Football	Team	SILVER	Feb 8th
Karate	Under 61	Zainab	SILVER	Feb 8th
Taekwondo	Under 46 KG	Laila Hussein	SILVER	Feb 6th
Wushu	Under – 48	Zahara Orya	SILVER	Feb 6th
Wushu	San Shou: Under-60	Amir Shah Amiri	SILVER	Feb 6th
Wushu	Under – 60	Suraya Salahshur	SILVER	Feb 6th
Wrestling	Up to 84 KG	Toryalai	SILVER	Feb 6th
Wrestling	Up to 74 KG	Noor Ahmad Ahmadi	SILVER	Feb 7th
Boxing	Feather Weight	Khwajah Khalid	Bronze	Feb 8th
Boxing	Light Weight	Mohammad Azia	Bronze	Feb 8th
Boxing	Light Welter Weight	Khwaza Fayaz	Bronze	Feb 8th
Judo	Under 66 KG	Zabiullah Nazabi	BRONZE	Feb 1st
Judo	Under 90KG	Muhammad Tawfiq	BRONZE	Jan 31st
Judo	Over 100 KG	Afgun Zargulin	BRONZE	Feb 1st
Judo	Under 60 KG	Mohammad Reza Abdul Hali	BRONZE	Feb 1st
Taekwondo	Under 87 KG	Shahabuddin	BRONZE	Feb 8th
Taekwondo	Under 53 KG	Hassina Majboor	BRONZE	Feb 8th
Taekwondo	Under 86 KG	Abas Hasani	BRONZE	Feb 7th
Weightlifting	Up to 77 KG	Muhammad Mustafa Kamma	BRONZE	Feb 1st
Wrestling	Up to 96 KG	Sayed Khalid Hashemi	BRONZE	Feb 7th
Wushu	Taijii Quan	Khawza N. A. Khatibzada	BRONZE	Feb 8th
Wushu	San Shou: Under-70	Taza Gul Logari	BRONZE	Feb 6th
Wushu	Under – 52	Mary Danishyar	BRONZE	Feb 6th
Wushu	San Shou: Under-65	Mohammad Mahfouz Wafa	BRONZE	Feb 6th