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LAHORE, March 2: Wapda claimed all the three gold medals at stake in the seniors’ category on the first day of the two-day 17th national karate championship in Sialkot on Sunday.
Wapda’s Ghulam Ali in individual kata, Saad Abbas in the below 60kgs and the trio of Khalid Noor, Noorullah and Israr-ul-Haq claimed gold medals in the seniors events.
Meanwhile, in the juniors category, competition was held only in individual kata where Ali Asghar of Balochostan bagged the gold medal.
Results:
Seniors:
Individual kata: Ghulam Ali (Wapda); Baz Mohammad (NWFP); Mohammad Imtiaz (Army); Below 60kgs: Saad Abbas (Wapda); Naimatullah (Balochistan); Jabbar Khan (Sindh). Team kata: Wapda (Khalid Noor, Noorullah, Israr-ul-Haq); Army (Imtiaz Mohammad, Ibrahim, Hafiz Asadullah; Punjab (M. Naeem, Ali Murtaza, Zubair Afzal).
Juniors:
Individual kata: Ali Asghar (Balochistan); Abdul Khaliq (Wapda); Murtajis Abbas (Islamabad).
