Previously he wanted to say farewell after winning in the final, but his coach Reza Mehmandoust has advised him not to do it.
Bronze medalist Chi Shu-Ju, Hadi Saei and Pascal Gentil complained to the media about what they perceived as biased refereeing which made them lose their possible gold medal.
Abdul Hadi Awang | Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid | Hadi Saei | Abdul Hadi Palazzi | Shafi Hadi | Hadi Saleh | Hadi Rani | Hadi Khamenei | Hadi al-Modarresi | Hadi Al-Amiri |
He lost to eventual gold medalist Hadi Saei of Iran in the quarterfinals but captured bronze by defeating Aaron Cook of Great Britain and Deepak Bista of Nepal in the repechage.