Khyber Pukhtunkhwa becomes champion of National Junior and Youth Athletics Championships 2019
The 4th edition of National Junior and Youth Athletics Championships 2019 wrapped up successfully at the Punjab Stadium, Lahore.
The 4th edition of National Junior and Youth Athletics Championships 2019 wrapped up successfully at the Punjab Stadium, Lahore.
As many as 400 male and female athletes demonstrated their athletics talents in the championship in which teams from Pakistan Army, Navy, Railway, WAPDA and four provinces Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa took part in the 2-day grand national event.
Khyber Pukhtunkhwa's auspicious athletes displayed outstanding performance as they won the two-day championship with the brilliant execution of skills.
The champions finished with 211 points with Punjab ending up at the second spot with 185 while WAPDA stood third with 125 points.
In the junior category, Ali Bharwana of WAPDA was declared the fastest athlete while Eesha from Sindh was adjudged as the fastest girl athlete.
In the men’s 1500 meters Aamir Sohail of WAPDA won the gold medal while Iftikhar of the same unit claimed silver. Ghulam Mohuddin took home the bronze medal.
The men’s 110 meters hurdles was won by Danish of Army while Waqas Younus of WAPDA and Mohammad Sufyan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remained second and third respectively.
In the women’s 200 meters, Ayesha of Punjab took gold while Tehrem Aalam of WAPDA and Sanheeha Shaheen of Punjab claimed the silver and bronze medals respectively.
In the women’s long-jump event, Urooj of KP clinched gold while Munaza of Punjab and Kaila of Army claimed second and third places.
