Karachi surge ahead with 17 gold medals

KARACHI: Karachi prevailed over their rivals in various disciplines on the second day of the 17th Sindh Games, being held here at different venues, on Friday.

Till filing of the report Karachi were leading the medals chart with 17 gold, ten silver and seven bronze. They were followed by Hyderabad with two gold, six silver and five bronze. Sukkur had claimed one silver and six bronze.

In athletics, which was poorly organised here at the PSB Coaching Centre, both male and female athletes of Karachi showed great resolve under simmering heat to win medals. There was no water, no medical assistance and the main organisers were absent.

The athletics event also witnessed a protest from Mirpurkhas over an alleged biased decision against them in the 4x400m women relay.According to Mirpurkhas officials their side was clearly at the second place but they were denied that spot by the conductor of the event. They and Larkana were declared joint second-placed sides.

Mirpurkhas’ athlete Narmina missed a 200m heat because the organisers held the event half an hour before the actual time, which had, however, been circulated to all six divisions.Karachi’s top sprinter Moeed Baloch, as expected, won the 200m gold with a time of 21.84 seconds.

Karachi’s Usama Sultan got silver by clocking 22.69 and Faizan of Sukkur ended third with 23.72.The men’s javelin throw gold went to Karachi’s Sajawal Khan, who managed a throw of 50.34m. Karachi’s Shakeel Ahmed with 49.26m claimed silver and Khalid Mehmood of Sukkur with a 49.06m effort secured bronze.

In the men’s 10,000m race, Mohammad Amjad of Karachi got gold with a timing of 39:01.07. Karachi’s Arbab Tanoli claimed silver with 39:16 and Mohibullah of Sukkur claimed bronze with a timing of 39:46.

Ali Shan of Karachi clinched the men’s 400m gold with a timing of 52.36 seconds. Mohsin of Karachi snared silver with 52.37 effort and Hyderabad’s Qahhar picked bronze with 52.71.The triple jump gold went to Shakeel of Karachi, while Hamza of Hyderabad and Amir Hayat of Karachi claimed silver and bronze medals, respectively.

In high jump, Mirza Rizwan of Karachi claimed gold with 1.7m, Awais of Karachi won silver with 1.65 and Kashif of Larkana clinched bronze with 1.60. The women’s 3000m race gold went to Karachi’s Sehrish with a timing of 13:14 minutes, Ayesha of Karachi got silver with 13:22 and Narmina Ali of Mirpurkhas claimed bronze with 15:22.

The women’s 400m gold was claimed by Esha Iffan of Karachi with a timing of 1:07.83, Marzia Rasheed of Karachi got silver with 1:11.56 and Kiran of Hyderabad got bronze with 1:22.06.Fatima Sana of Karachi claimed long jump gold, Erum of Mirpurkhas clinched silver, while Kulsoom of Sukkur snared bronze. In 200m, Esha Iffan of Karachi got gold with 28.11 seconds, Marzia Rasheed of Karachi claimed silver with 28.84 and Palwasha of Sukkur got bronze with 37.96.

The 4x400m gold went to Karachi, Larkana and Mirpurkhas ended joint second, and Hyderabad got bronze.

The men’s karate team kata gold went to Karachi; Larkana got second position, while Hyderabad and Benazirabad claimed bronze medals.The women team kata gold was won by Hyderabad with Karachi claiming silver.

In women’s basketball at NED University, Karachi and Mirpurkhas set final date. In the semi-finals, Karachi crushed Benazirabad 77-12 and Mirpurkhas overwhelmed Hyderabad 20-4.In men’s basketball, Hyderabad defeated Benazirabad 14-4, while Larkana prevailed over Sukkur 20-11.

In men’s netball, Mirpurkhas defeated Sukkur 9-5, while Larkana got the better of Benazirabad 9-2. In women’s netball, Benazirabad defeated Sukkur 2-0, while Mirpurkhas edged past Larkana 6-0.In women football, Karachi whipped Sukkur 5-0 in their semi-final match.