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| June 26, 2005 | Sunday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 18, 1426 |
Kashif grabs golds
KARACHI, June 25: International sharpshooter Kashif Riaz of Pakistan Navy snatched his second gold medal on the second day of the 12th Sindh shooting championship at Naval Shooting Range winning the centre-fire pistol on Saturday.
Kashif, 28, a SAF Games team silver medallist, won his first gold in standard pistol by 547/600 on Friday. He showed his class with precision targeting to capture his second gold with 721/890. Col Javed Umer made it to the second and Saqib Ikram came third.
Sindh’s Usman Sadiq clinched the trap gold with 86/100. Lt Cdr S A Noor finished second, a point behind, while three points adrift was A Rahim with 83/100.
Muhammad Akmal grabbed the air pistol event with 350/400. M Gulfraz was second and Dr Asadullah was third.
Mehar Yaqoob won the women’s air pistol gold with 348/400 while Sobia finished second and Tania Anand third position.
In the under-16 juniors’ competition, Hasnan Abbas performed outstandingly pocketing point 22 air rifle gold with a score of 97/100.
Second day results:
Trap (men): 1. Usman Sadiq 86/100, 2. Lt Cdr S A Noor 85/100, 3. A Rahim 82/100.
Rapid fire pistol (men): 1. Kashif Riaz 721/890, 2. Col. Javed Umer 692.5/890, 3. Saqib Ikram 691.3/890.
Air pistol (men): 1. M Akmal 350/400, 2. M Gulfraz 348/40, 3. Dr Asadullah Hussain 347/400.
Air pistol (women): 1. Mehar Yaqoob 348/400, 2. Sobia 334/400, 3. Tania Anand 263/400.
Juniors (under-16) .22 rifle: 1. Bilal Ahmed 184/200, 2. Saud Khan 153/200, 3. Zain Saud 149/200.
Under-13: 1. Hasnain Abbas 97/100, 2. Mahnoor Mobin 83/100, 3. Jazib 76/100.—APP
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