24 Pakistani athletes set to feature in 7th CISM Military World Games
24 talented athletes from Pakistan will be participating in the 2019 CISM Military World Games which are being held in Wuhan city of China from October 15-30.
The 7th CISM World Games – the 7th Peace Games – are being held in Wuhan City of China from 15 to 30 October, 2019 with 23 CISM Disciplines and one Demonstration sport, Tennis. CISM also confirmed that at least Track and Field and Archery are organized for para athletes. For the first time in the CISM World Games history, Boxing competitions are opened to female military boxers as well.
An conviviality and eco-sustainability village has been built to accommodate 12.000 athletes and officials as well as organizing staff for these games where Pakistan’s 24 athletes are set to participate in the upcoming competitions in three different sports which include: Golf, Volleyball and Shooting.
The one's to represent Pakistan in the prestigious sport of Golf are: Adeel Hashmi, Taimoor Khan, Ashfaq, Ansar Mehmood and Muhammad Naqas as a team while the Volleyball team consists of Anwar Khan, Farooq Haider, Hamid Yazman, Muhammad Yaseen, Abuzar, Fahad Raza, Afaq Khan, Asif Nadeem, Mubashar Raza, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Dawood and Usman Faryad.
Khalil Akhtar, Farrukh Nadeem, Zafar Ul Haq, Aamir Iqbal, Junaid Waqas, Zafar Iqbal and Ghulam Mustafa Bashir are to feature in the event of Shooting.
