July 7, 2002	Sunday	Rabi-us-Sani 25,1423

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PESHAWAR, July 6: Irum Khannum established a new triple jump record on the opening day of the two-day National Athletics Championships at the Qayyum Sports Complex Friday.

Irum of Pakistan Police recorded a distance of 10.96 metres, breaking the previous record of 10.73.

Irum later collected her second gold of the day when he sprinted to victory in the 100 metres dash, crossing the line in 11.84 seconds.

Local girl Shabana Khattak brought smiles on the faces of home supporters when she equalled the national record in the 100 metres hurdles. She clocked 14.86 seconds while Army’s Fozia Aurangzeb finished second in 15.52 seconds and followed up by Noshin Perveen of Wapda in 15.63 seconds.

In the men’s events, Wapda’s Javed Iqbal created a new national record of 4.87 metres in the pole vault.

RESULTS:

WOMEN

High jump: 1-Rozina Shafqat (Wapda) 1.52m, 2-Bazgha Sharmeen (Wapda) 1.46m, 3-Naveeda Malik (Army) 1.43m

Triple jump: 1-Irum Khannum (Police) 10.96m, 2-Bazgha Sharmeen (Wapda) 1.85m, 3-Naveeda Malik (Army) 10.16m

100m: 1-Irum Khannum (Police) 11.84sec; 2-Saira Fazal (Wapda) 12.73sec; 3-Shazia Khan (Wapda) 12.75sec

400m: 1-Bushra Perveen (Army) 57.58sec; 2-Sajjida Ramzan (Army) 58.06sec; 3-Bashira Bibi 59.41sec

4x100m hurdles: 1-Wapda (Saira, Farah Naz, Shazia Khan, Nosheen Parveen); 2-Army (Sajjad, Bushra, Sumara and Yamama Jemes); 3-Railways (Bashira Bibi, Qaisra, Sadaf and Uzma Rani)

100m hurdles: 1-Shabana Khattak 14.86sec; 2-Fozia Aurangzeb 15.63sec; 3-Noshin Perveen 15.63sec

MEN

100m hurdles: 1-Mumtaz (Army) 13.85sec; 2-Abdul Rashid (Railways) 14.31sec; 3-Muhammad Zaman (Army) 14.43sec

100m: 1-Ali Yasir Rai (Wapda) 10.50sec; 2-Azhar Samdani (Wapda) 10.54sec; 3-NK Munawar Taj (Army) 10.70sec

400m: 1-Abdul Majeed (Navy) 48.29sec; 2-Mohsin Munir (Police) 49.32sec; 3-Inam Ali (Wapda) 48.38sec

Pole vault: 1-Javed Iqbal (Wapda) 4.87m (new national record), 2-Muhammad Ayub (Army) 4.60m, 3-Essab Khan (Army) 4.50m

Long jump: 1-Asif Gulzar (Wapda) 7.22m, 2-Ghulam Abbas (Army) 7.15m; 3-Banaris Khan 7.03m