QUETTA, Oct 3: Pakistan Army maintained their status as the dominating force in the track and field events of the 29th National Games at Ayub Stadium on Sunday.

The soldiers began the day by grabbing the gold in the high jump when Muhammad Riaz cleared the bar at two metres. The silver medal went to another solider Amad Farooq, while Tariq Ali of Wapda bagged bronze.

Army's second gold came in ten-event Decathlon after Muhammad Zaman bagged 6095 points to emerge the winner. Zaman's colleague Muhammad Amin grabbed silver medal with 5988 points, while Ejaz Ashraf of Police got bronze with 5251 points.

In triple jump, Army's Waseem Khan secured the gold with a leap of 15.53 metres. Naik Zafar Iqbal claimed the silver, Naveed Iqbal of Wapda took bronze. Naushad Khan clinched gold in the 5000m with timing of 15:25.2, while Army's Muhammad Shahid got the silver with a timing of 15:33.0 seconds. Bronze went to Ayub of PAF.

In discus throw, Ehtesham won the gold with a distance of 47.83 metres and was closely followed by Basharat Ali of Army at 47.37 metres. Army's Azhar Saleem grabbed the bronze with his throw of 46.44 metres.

In the women's 400 metres race, the only women's competition of the day, Gulnaz Ara of Wapda won the gold with a timing of 58.1 sec. She was followed by Fauzia Aurangzeb of Army who clocked 61.5 seconds and Shugufta Naureen of Wapda won the bronze in 63.2 seconds.

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