Summary WAPDA continued medal winning spree by grabbing 28 more gold medals.
LAHORE: HEC replaced Sindh for the second position on the fifth day of the 32nd National Games which are in full swing here at the various venues of the city.
At the end of the fifth day, Wapda was leading with 76 gold medal, 31 silver, and 25 bronze while HEC replaced Sindh at medal table by clinching 14 gold medals, 16 silver, and 25 bronze as Sindh came down to third by bagging same number of gold medals but the difference between the two was silver and bronze medals (10 and 13) which were less than HEC. Punjab was on fourth position by getting 13 gold, 19 silver and 10 bronze medals.
In the shooting events held at Gun & Country Club, Akhter and Arif of Wapda claimed gold and silver medals with 984 and 954 points respectively while Shahzad of HEC scored 910 points to win bronze.
In men cycling road race 80km event, Nisar Ahmad of Wapda covered the distance in 1:57:32 to win gold medal while Sameer Ahmad of Railway won silver and Sabir of Wapda bronze. I
n the women cycling 30km race, Raheel Bano of Wapda reached the finish line in 45 minutes and 52 seconds to clinch gold medal, Rashida Munir won silver and Misbah Mushtaq bronze.
In boxing event, Wapda notched up overall seven gold medals one silver and two bronze, HEC grabbed one gold, 3 silver and two bronze while Sindh bagged one gold, 3 silver and one bronze.
Railways also earned one gold, one silver and four bronze while Balochistan got two silver and Punjab four bronze medals.
In gymnastic individual event, M Afzal of Wapda claimed gold in floor exercise, M Yasir won silver and Ayub Faisal of Sindh and Khalil Mir of HEC won bronze.
The gold medal in pommel horse event was won by Bakhtawar of Wapda, silver by Abdul Haq of Railways and bonze by Ansar of Punjab.
The ring event gold medal went to Khurram Shahzad of Wapda, silver to M Afzal of Wapda while bronze to Javed Murad of Railways. In wall competitions, M Yasir of Wapda won gold, M Nawaz of Railways silver while Abdul Qadir of Punjab bronze.
The parallel bars event gold medal was won by M Afzal of Wapda, silver by Afaan Khan of HEC and bronze by Ghulam Hoor of Punjab. In high bar competitions, Khurram Shahzad of Wapda scored gold, M Yasir of Wapda silver and Khalil Mir of HEC bronze.
Punjab downed Wapda to clinch gold medal in the women football event with Zara Iqbal scoring only goal.
In wushu competitions, Punjab managed two gold medals as Shahmsur Rehman won gold in 52 kg weight category after defeating Adnan of Wapda while in 75 kg weight category, Kamran Khalid of Punjab downed Asmat Ullah of Balochistan to claim gold. In women handball event, Wapda earned gold, HEC silver and Punjab bronze.
The taekwondo fun male event gold medal went to Shahbaz Ahmad of Railway, silver to M Waqas of HEC and bronze to Tahir of Balochistan.
In team event, HEC grabbed gold, Wapda silver and Railways bronze. In light male competitions, Naveed Khan of Wapda managed gold medal, Hassan of Sindh silver and Jamshed of Fata bronze.
Middle male event gold went to Mubashar Nawaz of Wapda, silver to Adil Bakhsh of KPK and bronze to Jamshed of Fata.
In fly female taekwondo, Ayesha Noor of Sindh earned gold, Sonia of Wapda silver and Rafiya of Police bronze. Feather female taekwondo gold was won by Wapda’s Tayyaba Khan, silver by Railways’ Zaiba Riaz and bronze by Punjab’s Suneta.
In walter female event, Hina Khan of HEC won gold, Mahnoor of Punjab silver and Shahid of Railways bronze. In heavy female competitions, gold medal was bagged by Wapda’s Saira, silver by Punjab’s Sughra and bronze by Sindh’s Sehrish.
Meanwhile, wrestling event began here and in all, 45 matches were decided. Wapda’s wrestlers were on top by winning almost all of their bouts while Punjab’s five wrestlers qualified for the final round.
The tug-of-war competitions also commenced with seven matches were held. Wapda was on top while Railways on second.
