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| September 4, 2003 | Thursday | Rajab 6, 1424 |
Two records bettered
RAWALPINDI, Sept 3: Two new records were set as Pakistan Army made a clean-sweep of all the five events on the opening day of the two-day Inter- services athletics championship at Army Stadium on Wednesday.
NK Zafar Iqbal of Pakistan Army leapt to 15.90 metres to chalk up a new mark in the triple jump. He was far ahead of the second- placed L/NK Afzaal Ahmed, also of Pakistan Army, who triple-jumped to 14.21 metres.
Army quartet of NK Sajjad, L/NK Shahbaz, NK Afzal and NK Imran timed 41.64 seconds to set the new record in 4x100 metres relay.
Army athletes also won the events of 200 metres race, 3,000 metres steeple chase and hammer throw on the opening day.
The following were the results:
200metres Time/distance Afzal Baig Army 21.67 sec M Eshan Army 22.04 sec Sajjad Ahmed Navy 22.83 sec.
300metres STEEPLECHASE Faiz Akbar Army 9:20.15 sec Safdar Nazir Army 9:20.61 sec I.M Amjad Navy 9:33.55 sec.
HAMMER THROW Ghulam Shabbir Army 60.82m Habib PAF 58.76m Muhammad Mumtaz Army 53.30m TRIPLE JUMP Zafar Iqbal Army 15.90m (New record) Record) Afzaal Ahmed Army 14.21m S N Ali Navy 13.18m 4 X 100 M Relay Army 41.64 secs(new record).—APP
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