PESHAWAR: Haripur swept all the gold medals in the athletics meet of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Under-23 Abbottabad Region Male Games which concluded at the Hockey Stadium, Abbottabad on Thursday.

Abbottabad which took first position by securing 120 points was followed by Haripur with 90 points and Mansehra 40 points. Around 700 players from Battagram, Kohistan, Haripur, Mansehra, Toorgar and Abbottabad took part in 15 events.

Haripur claimed nine gold, seven silver and a bronze medals in the Games which saw 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 4X100m relay, 4X400m relay, javelin throw, shot put and long jump events taking place.

Haripur secured first position with 67 points followed by Abbottabad with a gold, one silver and three bronze medal registering 12 points. Mansehra got third position having 11 points and winning two silver and five bronze medals.

Abid and Sadam Shah of Haripur were jointly declared the best athletes. Abid grabbed gold medals in 100m and 200m while Sadam Shah, also from Haripur, won gold medals in 400m and 800m.

In the 100m, Abid won a gold followed by Haripur’s Nouman and Mansehra’s Farooq Nawaz with Abid winning gold followed by Nouman and Nizamat of Kohistan in 200m.

In 400m, Sadam won a gold medal followed by Khawar and Shan Akbar of Abbottabad with Jamal of Haripur winning a gold medal followed by Nasir and Qadir of Abbottabad in 1500m.

Abbottabad got first position followed by Haripur and Mansehra in 4X100m relay with Haripur getting first position in 4X400m followed by Mansehra and Abbottabad

In javelin throw, Hamid Zia of Haripur got first position followed by Irfan of Haripur and Saad of Abbottabad.

In shot put, Fahad Ali got a gold medal followed by Sultan and Inayat with Hasrat Khan getting first position followed by Nouman and Rajudin in the long jump event.

Abbottabad secured 100 points with seven gold medals, followed by Mansehra with 60 points and Battagram with 15 points in judo event.

On the other hand, Abbottabad beat Haripur 3-0 in squash with Abbottabad thrashing Haripur 3-0 in tennis.

In wrestling, Haripur claimed four gold medals taking first position followed by Abbottabad and Mansehra with Haripur winning a gold medal followed by Battagram in gymnastic.

Also, Abbottabad won hockey, table tennis, judo and basketball titles while Haripur won volleyball title.

In karate, Abbottabad got first position followed by Manshera and Haripur while Abbottabad won first position followed by Haripur in football.

Published in Dawn, March 24th, 2017