ISLAMABAD - Pakistan claimed second gold medal in the 1st Asian Beach Games 2008, when green shirts overcame heavyweight Kuwait 55-38 in the final of handball competition at Bali beach, Indonesia on Saturday. Earlier, Haider Ali grabbed first gold medal for Pakistan in wrestling competitions day before yesterday. . However, on Saturday, in wrestling event, Muhammad Ali in 75-Kilograme-weight category got silver and Muhammad Taseen in above 85-Kilograme secured bronze medals in Bali. Muhammad Ashraf Khan, Chef-de-Mission and Syed Amir Hamza Gilani, Director General, Pakistan Sports Board also visited the venues and witnessed the competitions of Pakistani sportspersons. They appreciated the performance of national athletes in both the events and stated that their players performed exceptionally well in these events and conveyed their congratulations to the winners. A 41-member Pakistan contingent is taking part in these games being held from October 18-26 at Bali, Indonesia. Pakistan contingent is participating in handball, wrestling, kabaddi, bodybuilding, sailing and volleyball events. Muhammad Ali led the country to a silver in the 75kgs wrestling and Muhamamd Taseen claimed a bronze in above 85kgs on the final day as Pakistan had earlier won a gold through Ghulam Haider 65kgs and a bronze by Usman Majeed in 85kgs. The four-member team put up a dazzling performance as each of them won a medal and it was best ever performance with best performance coming from Ghulam Haider who got the gold in 65kg, ending a medal drought after 22 years. Pakistan's last medal winner at Asia was late Abdul Majeed Maroowala who fetched a gold in Soul Asian Games back in 1986. Ali fought four back to back bouts in day but failed to impress in the final. In each wrestling one bout is decided in three minutes and a wrestler getting two points is declared winner. Ali beat Philippines Luis Ansag in the opening bout, then defeated Japan's Takahimsa in the quarter finals, beating Afghanistan's strong Ahmad Mansoor in the semi finals but lost South Korean Lee Yun Seok in the final in which the Korean wrestler applied superb tactics and grabbed him from the neck and twice put him down to earn successive points. He tried his best to grab the leg of his opponent who smartly eluded all his moves with greater anticipation. Taseen emerged as a winner with a bleeding forehead as Kyrgistan's Janar Kenjeev had a head to head fight with him as both of them put in much force in the same posture to earn a point. Janar was the first to take 1-0 lead by getting hold of Tanseen as the Pakistan wrestler made it 1-1 through a brilliant neck lock and then put him down on the sand after grabbing his opponent from the back.