Inam Butt from Pakistan qualifies for Beach Wrestling Quarter-Finals

Inam Butt from Pakistan qualifies for Beach Wrestling Quarter-Finals

KARACHI: Pakistan’s top wrestler Inam Butt went off to a victorious start within the third tournament of the planet Beach Wrestling Series by winning both his fights on opening day to qualify for the quarter-final.

Butt’s countryman Zaman Anwar has also qualified for the knock-out stage after winning both group stage fights at the Katerini Beach in Greece.

Butt, the 32-year-old Pakistani wrestler competed within the 90kg weight category and downed Azerbaijan’s Ibrahim Yusubov in his opening fight before demolition the bronze medalist of the London Olympics, Georgian Dato Marsagishvili.

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He had earlier won the trophy at the Rome event last week and can now play his quarter-final bout on Saturday afternoon against a Romanian wrestler.

The other Wrestler from Pakistan, Anwar, was competing within the 90+kg category. He started his journey in the tournament by overpowering Turkey’s Hidayet Kurt before beating Vasile Vlad Caras of Romania in the second fight.

Butt told Geo News after his fights that he's confident to win another medal for the country in Greece.

“Alhamdulillah, I even have started well here and that I am hopeful of continuous this run, I think I’m prepared well to require on any opponent. I even have worked hard within a previous couple of months despite difficult circumstances, and that I am hopeful that my diligence are going to be paid off,” he said.