Pakistan Army outshines in SAARC countries championships

Pakistan Army outshines in SAARC countries championships

Rawalpindi, March 14: In a six day long championship played between armies of the SAARC countries Pakistan Army athletes shine with four gold, four Silver and four Bronze medals.  Final of Volleyball is being played between Pakistan
and India at Kathmandu, Nepal today.

Pakistan Army athletes contested in athletics, Boxing, Taekwondo and Volleyball. In athletics Havildar Basharat Ali won gold medal in discus throw.  Sepoy Shakeel Ahmed won gold in Hammer throw, Naik Riaz Ahmed won Silver in long
jump while Sepoy Muhammad Maqsood won Bronze medal in high jump event.

Pakistan Army Boxers also won four medals, one Bronze and three Silver.  In Taekwondo Sepoy Afnan Shah and Sepoy Muhammad Umer won gold in their respective categories, while Sepoy Syed Adeel Shah and Sepoy Muhammad Ashfaq won Bronze
medals in 74 Kg & 68 Kg categories.

To reach final of Volleyball, Pakistan Army team defeated Nepal, Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka in their pool matches.

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Posted by Fayyaz Yaseen on Mar 14 2012. Filed under National, Pakistan, South Asia, Sports, World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry