LAHORE, May 9: Lahore dominated the first day of the Punjab Under-17 inter-district swimming championship by bagging all the eight gold medals at stake at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex here on Friday.

Eight more finals will be played on Saturday, bringing the two-day gala to its conclusion.

Results:

200m freestyle: Shahbaz (Lahore) two min 25.87sec; Basit Athar (Rawalpindi); Abdul Moeed (Lahore).

200m breaststroke: Shahbaz (Lahore) three min 13.76sec; Mahboob Hasan (Faisalabad); Mohammad Talha (Faisalabad).

200m backstroke: Abdul Moeed (Lahore) two min 53.36sec; Shahbaz (Lahore), Basir Hasan (Rawalpindi).

100m butterfly: Shahbaz (Lahore) one min 15.66sec; Basir Hasan (Rawalpindi); Abdul Moeed (Lahore).

100m breaststroke: Shahbaz (Lahore), one min 32.35 sec; Mehboob (Faisalabad); Irfanullah (Hafizabad).

100m backstroke: Shahbaz (Lahore); one min 32.35sec; Abdul Moeed (Lahore); Basir Hasan (Rawalpindi).

4x100m medley: Lahore -- two min 29.3sec; Faisalabad, Jhang.

400m freestyle: Shahbaz (Lahore) five min 27.10sec; Basir Hasan (Rawalpindi); Abdul Moeed (Lahore).

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