UzLand.Uz
October 12

Pakistan's Ali Shoukat will face Uzbekistan's Sergey Mihayilov in Sunday's final. Mihayilov knocked South Korea's Lee Hyun-sung down early and the referee called the bout with 38 seconds remaining in the first round.

In other semis, South Korea's Kim Won-ii cruised to a 17-7 win over Abdusalom Khasanov of Tajikistan and will meet Uzbekistan's Bekzod Khidirov in the bantamweight 54-kilogram final.

Khidirov stopped Kyrgistan's Talaibek Kadyraliev 1:08 into the third round.

Uzbekistan's Utkirbek's Haydarov outscored Kazakstan's Baurzhan Kairmenov 36-18 in the 75-kilogram middleweight class.

"That's the fourth time I've beaten him," said Haydarov. "I didn't take any hard hits and I'm feeling confident about the final."

South Korea's Kim Jung-joo knocked Manon Boonjumnong down in the third round with a crushing left on his way to a 28-13 victory over the Thai boxer in the 67-kilogram welterweight category.

Kim will meet Kazakstan's Sergey Rychko in the final. Rychko survived a 34-33 decision over Uzbekistan's Sherzod Husanov in a close bout that saw both fighters exchange solid punches throughout.

KARATE

Men

Kumite

55 kilograms

Gold medal

P. Ramasamy, Malaysia, def. Otabek Kasimov, Uzbekistan, 4-2

60 kilograms

Bronze medals

Iikhom Karimov, Uzbekistan, and Husin Alqattan, Kuwait

ATHLETICS

Men

1,500 meters

1, Ramzi Rashid, Bahrain, 3 minutes, 47.33 seconds. 2, Dou Zhaobo, China, 3:48.51. 3, Li Huiquan, China, 3:48.55. 4, Abdulrahman Ahmed Suleman, Qatar, 3:48.62. 5, Kazuyoshi Tokumoto, Japan, 3:49.15. 6, Fumikazu Jobayashi, Japan, 3:49.18. 7, Kumar Kuldeep, India, 3:49.37. 8, Loraibi Abdul Kabeer, Bahrain, 4:49.45. 9, Mikhall Kolganov, Kazakstan, 3:49.64. 10, Noor Jamal Yousuf, Qatar, 3:49.86. 11, Moradi Sagad, Iran, 3:50.25. 12, Lee Du-haeng, South Korea, 3:50.73. 13, Jeloodar Zadeh Sedei Mahdi, Iran, 3:51.47. 14, Kim Soon-hyung, South Korea, 3:51.47. 15, Erkivson Isakov, Uzbekistan, 3:52.06.

Javelin

1, Li Rongxiang, China, 82.21 meters. 2, Yukifumi Murakami, Japan, 78.77. 3, Sergey Voynov, Uzbekistan, 78.74.

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