ASHGABAT (SW): Afghanistan’s journey at the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) 2017 has ended with a total of 12 medals.
On Day 11, Afghanistan’s Mustafa Hussaini won medal for his country in 71kg wrestling category. A total of four Afghan athletes featured in billiard, futsal, wrestling and in chess competitions. The national futsal team lost 1-3 to Japan in the penalty shoot outs. A victory in this match could have earned Afghanistan yet another bronze, but the defeat meant medal-less fourth place.
In traditional wrestling, Afghanistan lost seven of its 11 matches it featured in. In chess, Afghanistan managed to defeat Sri Lanka, but failed to overpower Kyrgyzstan.
All in all, Afghanistan featured in a total of 17 competitions, and won a total of 12 medals including one gold, one silver and ten bronze medals to secure 24th position among 64 competing nations. This remains a record for Afghanistan. 28 other competing nations at the AIMAG 2017 failed to won a single medal.
This was the first time Afghanistan was represented by up to 250 athletes at an international sports event. A total of 21 Afghan reporters from different media outlets, including Salam Watandar extensively covered it.
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