April 24, 2008	Thursday	Rabi-us-Sani 17, 1429

LAHORE, April 23: Pakistan Army, with 209 points, and Wapda, with 195 points, retained their title in the men and women’s section of the 40th National athletics championship as the games drew to a close under floodlights here at the Punjab Stadium on Wednesday.

Army grabbed 16 gold, 12 silver and six bronze medals to maintain their supremacy in the men’s section. Wapda with 120 points, became the runners-up while the PAF (47) finished third.

In the women’s section, Wapda upheld their domination with 15 gold, seven silver and 10 bronze medals. Failing to give Wapda a close fight, Pakistan Steel Mills came second with 67 points (four gold, six silver and two bronze medals).

Eighteen more finals in both men and women categories were decided on the final day.

Results:

Decathlon (men): Mohammad Irfan (Army) 6576 points; Tahseen (PAF); Mohammad Jafar (Army).Hammer throw (men): Ghulam Shabbir (Army) 60.91m; Nadeem Ahmed (Wapda); Habibullah (Wapda).

100m hurdles (women): Noshee Parveen (Pak Steel) 14.88sec (New record); Fouzia Aurangzeb (Pak Steel); Sumaira Tayyaba (Wapda).

Hamemr throw (women): Razia Sultana (Wapda) 37.99m; Mehwish (Police); Abida Changezi (Railways).

3000m steeplechase (men): Mohammad Nawaz (Army) nine min 9.7sec; Safdar Nazir (Army); Mohammad Amjid (Navy).

200m (men): Liaqat Ali (Army) 21.37sec; Mohammad Imran (Army); Ali Amir (Sindh).

200m (women): Sadaf Siddique (Pak Steel) 24.36sec; Nadia Nazir (Wapda); Javaria Hasan (Wapda).

Triple jump (men): Zafar Iqbal (Army) 15.71m; Mohammad Azam (Army); Fiaz Ahmed (Wapda).

High jump (men): Anwar Khan (Army) 2.02m: Mohammad Atiq (Army); Pervaiz Akhtar (Navy).

Pole Vault (men): Adnan Anjum (Army) 4.70m; Adnan Anjum (Army); Mohammad Jafar (Army).

1500m (women): Bushra Parveen (Wapda) five min 19.04sec; Shugufta Parveen (Wapda); Tasneem Akhtar (Pak Steel).

Heptathlon: Aliya Noor (Wapda) 3137 points; Nasreen Akhtar (Wapda); Sukhan (Railways).

1500m (men): Ali Mohammad (Wapda) three min 55.60sec; Mohammad Tanvir Abbas (Army); Zafar Iqbal (Army).Discus throw (women): Abida Changezi (Railways) 36.90m; Zeenat Parveen (Wapda); Fouzia Khatoon (Wapda).

4x100m relay (men): Imran, Afzal, Liaqat, Asif Javed (Army) 40.95sec; Shahbaz, Amin, Ansar, Saqib (PAF); Safdar, Ali Raza, Afzal, Nabeel (HEC).

4x100m relay (women): Nadia, Javaria, Bushra, Saira (Wapda) 48.72sec; Sehrish, Wajiha, Nadia, Muzammil (Punjab) 55.01; Samreen, Razia, Tanzila, Sukhan (Railways).

4x400m relay (men): Saeed, Saghir, Asif, Asad (Wapda) three min 14.21sec; Ehtsham, Ihsan, Arshad, Haq Nawaz (Army); A Majeed, Rasheed, Javed, Manzoor (Navy).

4x400m relay (women): Nadia, Javaria, Rozina, Bushra (Wapda) four min 2.84sec; Fouzia, Noshee, Sumaira, Tasneem (Pak Steel); Tanzila, Sukhan, Samreen, Razia (Railways).