Boxer who brought gold medal for Pakistan in 1988 still waiting for announced ‘plot’ – Sports

Pakistan’s former Olympian boxer Hussain Shah, who won a bronze medal in the 1988 Olympics event in South Korea, was announced to be given a plot, but even after 35 years today, he could not get it.

Hussain Shah was the first boxer for Pakistan to win any international medal in the individual category. But unfortunately, they were promised a reward by the former Pakistani government and it was not fulfilled.

The former Pakistani boxer, who has been living in Japan for the past several years, told Independent Urdu that even after 35 years, he did not get the plot that was promised to me. Expressing his regret, he said that I had also paid the registration fee of Rs 15,000 for the plot that I was going to get.

The then head of the Pakistan Boxing Federation invited Hussain Shah to attend the national camp, after which he participated in the South Asian Olympic Games and won various medals, including bronze in the first Olympics in 1988. Won the medal.

It should be noted that in the Paris Olympics 2024, Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal in the javelin throw competition, who was welcomed upon his arrival in Pakistan.