March 2, 2006	Thursday	Safar 1, 1427

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KARACHI, March 1: Fancied Army and Wapda lived up to their top billing to retain the men and women trophies in the 40th National Athletic Championship which concluded at the National Sports Training and Coaching Centre on Tuesday.

The soldiers secured 13 gold, nine silver and 10 bronze medals to amass 188 points and retain the men’s trophy. Wapda totalled 158.5 points from seven gold, 10 silver and eight bronze medals to finish as runners-up.

Despite getting a tough time from Pakistan Steel, Wapda went on to retain the women’s trophy. They secured seven gold, 10 silver and nine bronze medals to top the table with 131 points.

Pakistan Steel fetched nine gold, six silver and one bronze to settle for second place with 103 points.

The three-day meet also threw new ‘Fastest Man’ and ‘Fastest Women’ athletes. The Fastest Man award went to Army’s Mohammad Shahbaz who won the 100 metres dash in 10.7 seconds.

Nasim Hameed, also of Army, became the ’Fastest Woman’ winning the short sprint in 12.5 seconds.

Wapda’s Sarfraz Khan covered himself with glory winning the 1500 metre in a time of 4 minutes 2.5 seconds outpacing his teammate Ghulam Ilyas and Army’s Anjum Iqbal.

Results: (All finals)

Men:

10000m:1- Hav Naushad Khan (Army) 32:03.6; 2-Nk Muhammad Ayub (Army); 3-Gulshan Masih (Wapda).

400m:1-Rana Saghir (Wapda)48.0 ; 2-Saeed Ahmed (Wapda); 3-Muhammad Ehsan ((Army).

110m hurdles:1-Muhammad Shah (Wapda) 14.3; 2-Abdul Rasheed (Wapda); 3-Hav Mumtaz Ahmed (Army).

Triple jump:1-Hav Waseem Khan (Army) 15.45; 2-Nk Muhammad Azam (Army); 3-Naveed Iqbal (Wapda).

1500M:1-Sarfraz Khan (Wapda) 04:02.5; 2-Ghulam Ilyas (Wapda); 3-Hav Anjum Iqbal (Army).

100m:1-Nk Muhammad Shahbaz (Army) 10.7; 2-Nk Muhammad Imran (Army); 3-Nazim Shah (Wapda).

4x400m Relay:1- Wapda (Rana Saghir, Asad Iqbal, Saeed Ahmed, M. Asif)03:16.1; 2-Army (M. Ehsan, Nasir, Haq Nawaz, Ilyas); 3-Punjab(M. Nabeel, Hyder Nadeem, M. Ishaque, Imran).

Women:

Triple jump:1-Rozeena Shafqat (Pak Steel)10.37; 2-Nadia Zulfiqar (Punjab); 3-Bazgha Sharmeen (Wapda).

Shot put:1-Zeenat Parveen (Wapda) 12.5; 2-Fouzia Khatoon (Wapda); 3-Abida Changez (Rlys).

400m:1-Bushra Parveen (Pak Steel)56.2; 2-Sumaira Zahoor (Pak Steel); 3-Nadia Nazir (Wapda).

Hammer throw:1-Razia Sultana (Wapda) 37.76; 2-Asma Hameed (Wapda); 3-Abida Changez (Rlys).

1500m:1-Gulnaz Ara (Wapda)05:29.4; 2-Azalfa Shafi (Punjab); 3-Sadia Parveen (Wapda).

100m:1-Nasim Hameed (Army) 12.5; 2-Sumaira Zahoor (Pak Steel); 3-Sadaf Siddiqui (Pak Steel).

4x400 relay:1-Pak Steel ((Sadaf, Bushra, Fouzia, Sumaira Zahoor) 03:55.8; 2-Wapda (Sajida, Nadia, Gulnaz Ara, Shagufta Naureen); 3-Railways (Kiran, Kaisra, Razia, Naila).