Wapda, Punjab crown the 3rd National Junior and Youth Athletics Championship 2018
Wapda and Punjab won the juniors and youth categories respectively in the 3rd National Junior and Youth Athletics Championship 2018 here at Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad.
The 3rd National Junior and Youth Athletics Championship 2018 concluded at the Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad. It is an annual event in which champion athletes display their prowess in the sports arena.
Wapda and Punjab won the juniors and youth categories respectively in the 3rd National Junior and Youth Athletics Championship 2018 here at Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad.
In junior category, as per as expectations Wapda dominated the junior category event as they grabbed first position with 194 points while HEC finished at second and Punjab managed to win the second spot.
In youth category, Punjab finished on top with 151 points while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa secured second and Railways bagged third position.
PAF’s Waqar Younis jumped 81.6m to clinch the gold in Long Jump event of the third National Junior and Youth Athletics championship at Islamabad.
Mohammad Irfan set on the second slot followed by Unsar who went on to clinch Bronze.
Shabana Ikram got Gold medal in 4x400 relay race in National Junior Championship 2018.
In the men’s 110m hurdles, Punjab’s Musawar won the gold with 15.6 seconds followed by Ahsan Umar of HEC, who won silver and Punjab’s M Waqar secured bronze medal.
In men’s discus throw, Ghulam Mohiudin of Punjab who covered the distance of 88.18m to win gold, Rana Arbaz Haider, HEC, silver and Nouman of KP bronze.
Rana Arbaz of HEC bagged silver while Noman managed bronze.
In Men’s 1500m sprint, Mohammad Iftikhar clinched gold with covering the distance in 4:16:67minutes while Amir Sohail silver and Balochistan’s M Waqas secured bronze.
In women’s 200m sprint, Faiqa Riaz of HEC finished with gold after covering the respective distance in 28.15s while Noureen of Wapda won silver and Tehreem of Punjab bronze.
In women’s discus throw, Punjab’s Mahnoor snatched the gold from her counterparts while Sarah of HEC silver and Sewara Ch of Islamabad secured bronze.
In women’s 1500m race, Wapda’s Javeria Jalil won gold, Saba also from Wapda, silver and Sehrish, Sindh, bronze.
Faiqa Riaz won her second gold in Long Jump covering the distance of 4.94m while Esha of HEC sliver and Noureen of Wapda bronze.
In men’s long jump, Waqar Younis of PAF won gold, M Irfan Wapda secured silver and Ansar also from Wapda won bronze.
In the men’s category, Musawar, Waqar younis, Ghulam Mohiuddin, Iftikhar and Bilal won gold medals while in the girls’ category Fatima, Samina, Faiqa, Mahnoor and Javeria won gold medals.
In the Youth boy’s event, in 110m hurdles, Bilal of KP won gold, M Zubair of Punjab silver and Shahid Rizwan of Railways bronze.
In long jump boy’s, Punjab’s Afsar Khan won gold, Saqib Ijaz of Railways silver and M Tayyab of Wapda bronze.
In boy’s 1500m race, Wapda’s Amir Abbas won gold, Ahsan Haseeb of Punjab silver and Ehtesham of Gilgit/Baltistan bronze.
In the girl’s category, in long jump, Fatima of Sindh won gold, Shahida Nazeer of AJK won silver and Maham Railways bronze.
In 1500m race, Saman ALi of Islamabad won gold, Ayseha Yameen of Sindh silver and Amna Saeed of Punjab bronze.
A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament including Pakistan Army, WAPDA, Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Railway, HEC, Punjab, Sindh, KP, Baluchistan, Islamabad, Azad Jammu Kashmir, FATA, and Gilgit/Baltistan. More than 300 male and female athletes took part in different sports.
Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) President Major General (R) M Akram Sahi handed over cheques of Rs 100,000 and Rs 50,000 respectively to the Asian Games bronze medalist javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem and his coach Syed Fayyaz Hussian Shah Bokhari during the concluding ceremony while the crowd and athletes gave them standing ovation.
President Punjab Athletic Association salman Butt, Treasurer Pakistan Athletic Federation Ch Asghar Ali Gill and Syed Zafar Hussain Shah former National champion were also present their.
