Sindh’s Moeed, Shafaq clinch 100m titles

KARACHI: Sindh’s Abdul Moeed Baloch and Shafaq Afreen emerged as the fastest athletes when they won 100m titles on the second day of the 2nd Quaid-e-Azam Inter-Provincial Youth Games at Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad on Tuesday.

Moeed clocked 10.92 seconds of timing to claim gold, improving on his previous best timing of 11.07 which he had recorded in the last edition. He will also compete in the 200m race on Wednesday (today). Shafaq recorded 13.26 seconds of timing to claim gold.

The men’s 100m silver went to Punjab’s Laeeq Naveed (10.95), while Shoaib Mehfooz (11.12) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa took bronze.Umar Sadaat gifted Sindh their second gold when he won 800m race by clocking 2:01.60. Iftikhar (2:01.94) of Balochistan got silver, while Asmatullah (2:02.44) of Punjab claimed bronze.

Balochistan’s Nasir Ali (16:08.70) got 5000m gold, Faizan (16:09.26) of Islamabad claimed silver, while Sagar Sahoota (16:09.82) of Punjab claimed bronze.Aamir Ali (55.37) of Balochistan secured 400m hurdles gold, Farhan Ilyas (56.36) of Punjab clinched silver, while Punjab’s Usama Bashir (56.39) claimed bronze.

The high jump gold went to Afzal Ahmed (1.85) of Punjab, silver to Mohammad Rizwan (1.80) of Punjab and bronze to Zeeshan (1.80) of Balochistan. Shoaib Khan (7.19) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa captured long jump gold, Shakeel (6.71) of Balochistan secured silver, while Waqar Younas of Balochistan (6.47) claimed bronze.

The shot put gold went to Zohaib Khan (13.20) of KP, Punjab’s Shah Nawaz (12.68) secured silver, while Huzran Khan (12.58) of FATA grabbed bronze.Mohammad Yasir (69.54) of Punjab got javelin throw gold, Zeeshan Matloob (56.60) of AJK picked silver, while Shahab Khan (53.51) of KP claimed bronze.

In women’s events, the 100m silver went to Torab Zahra (13.38) of Punjab, while Eisha Afan (13.49) of Sindh got bronze.Saba (5:28.94) of Punjab claimed 1500m gold, Javeria (5:32.02) of Punab took silver, while Shabana Ikram (5:46.58) of Gilgit-Baltistan claimed bronze.

Rubab of Punjab (18.60) got 100m hurdles gold, Punjab’s Sehrish (19.29) pocketed silver, while Sindh’s Javeria Sadat (19.86) picked bronze. Beenish (1:10.82) of Balochistan got 400m hurdles gold, Punjab’s Tehreem (1:13.77) claimed silver, while Punjab’s Marina (1:14.45) took bronze.

Punjab’s Sunaina (4.48) got long jump gold, Saba Tabassum (4.39) of Balochistan secured silver, while Sarat (4.37) got bronze.The shot put gold went to Mahnoor (9.71) of Punjab, Punjab’s Arzoo Ashraf (8.91) claimed silver, while Balochistan’s Ramsha (8.68) picked bronze.

Punjab’s Mahnoor (33.10) got javelin throw gold, Balochistan’s Saira (29.26) picked silver, while Punjab’s Aimen (29.00) took bronze.

Punjab lead with 18 gold, 15 silver and 12 bronze. KP are second with 13 gold medals, seven silver and 12 bronze.Balochistan trail at the third spot with eight gold medals, nine silver and 13 bronze. Sindh are fourth with five gold, seven silver and seven bronze. FATA claimed two gold, five silver and eight bronze.

Other results: Men’s judo: -50kg: Hogaan (Punjab, gold), Ijaz Ahmad (FATA, silver), Akbar Ali (KP, bronze), Gulrez Ahmed (Balochistan, bronze)

-55kg: Ihsan Ullah (FATA, gold), S Mustafa (Sindh, silver), Shair Khan (Balochistan, bronze), Naveed Ahmed (AJK, bronze)

-60kg: Waheed (KP, gold), Shams Ullah (Balochistan, silver), Javed Ahmed (AJK, bronze), Mohibullah (FATA, bronze)

-66kg: Umar Mukhtar (Punjab, gold), Tariq (FATA, silver), Shoaib (Balochistan, bronze), Ismail (Islamabad bronze)

Open: Faisal (Punjab, gold), Shafi Ullah (KP, silver), Qasim Khan (Balochistan, bronze), Usman (FATA, bronze)

Women’s judo: -36kg: Shah Rukh (KP, gold), Haseena (FATA, silver), Anoosh (AJK, bronze),

Humaira (Punjab, bronze)

-40kg: Saba (Punjab, gold), Sumaira (KP, silver), Hazarah (Balochistan, bronze), Anoosha Rafique (Sindh, bronze)

-44kg: Mufasal (Punjab, gold),

Maryam (Sindh, silver), Sipgha (FATA, bronze), Bushra (KP, bronze)

-48kg: Nadia (FATA, gold), Rashna (Punjab, silver), Maria (KP, bronze), Hazarah (Balochistan, bronze

Open: Samia (GB, gold), Kinza (Sindh, silver), Kashaf (Punjab, bronze), Farah Naz (Balochistan, bronze).

Men’s karate: -50kg: Asmat Ullah (Balochistan, gold), Syed Shahnoor (Sindh, silver), Moazzam Ali (GB, bronze), Farhan Rashid (Punjab, bronze)

-55kg: Mohammad Murad (KP, gold), Nouman Khan (Baloch, silver), Haris (Islamabad, bronze), Mohammad Atif (FATA, bronze) Individual Kata: Syed Shahnoor (Sindh, gold), Shahbaz Saleem (Punjab, silver), Mohammad Ali (KP, bronze), Abdul Samad Afridi (FATA, bronze)

Team Kata: Balochistan (gold), Punjab (silver), Islamabad and KP (bronze)