Sikandar and Shah set new records

Published August 17, 2002

LAHORE, Aug 16: Three new records were created in the Independence Day Lahore district Age Group swimming championship at the Model Town Club pool Friday.

All three records were set in the Under-15 Age Group competition. Sikandar established two new records in the 100 metres freestyle and 50 metres butterfly while Syed Mustafa Shah set a new record in 100 metres back-stroke. Sikandar broke the first record in 100 metres freestyle by covering the distance in 1:1.02 sec. He broke the previous record timing of 1:5.71 sec set by Daniyal Lashari on July 28, 2000.

Sikandar went on to smash the second record by covering 50 m distance in butterfly clocking 29.97 shattering the previous record of 36.06 sec held by Ghazi Aurangzeb in August 1997.

Shah created a new record when he clocked 1:16.60 sec to cover 100 metres distance in back-stroke event. Mansoor Ali Khan who achieved the timing of 1:19.40 sec in June 1993 was the holder of this record.

The competitions were held in the U-8, U-10, U-12, U-15 and U-18 age groups.

Results:

Under-8. 50m freestyle: Amanullah Tariq 54.64 sec, Awais Khan, Ismail.

Under-10. 50m freestyle: Qasim Ali 37.60, Hyder Awan, Syed Abdu Moueed Mustafa.

50m back-stroke: Hyder Awan 45.92, Qasim Ali, Syed Abdul Moueed Mustafa.

50m breaststroke: Syed Bilal Hyder 51.77, Qasim Ali, Mohammad Hyder Awan. Under-12.

50m freestyle: Shehbaz Khan 34.88, Zain Tariq, Abdullah Tariq Gulzar.

50m back-stroke: Shehbaz Khan 42.38, Zain Tariq, Abdullah Tariq Gulzar.

50m breaststroke: Zain Tariq 45.24, Ali Shafi, Rabbi Khan.

50m butterfly: Shehbaz Khan 42.06, Amir Hussain, Sanaullah 50.22.

Under-15. 100m freestyle: Sikandar Khan 1:01.02, Syed Mustafa Shah, Shan Lashari.

100m back-stroke: Syed Mustafa Shah, 1:16.60, Sikandar Khan, Salman Khan.

100m breaststroke: Sikandar Khan 1:23.63, Mustafa Shah, Faizan Rabbi Khan. 50 m butterfly: Sikandar Khan 29.97.

Under-18. 100m freestyle: Usman Javed 1:05.87, Abdul Rahim Waqar, Zeeshan Rabbi.

100m back-stroke: Zeeshan Rabbi 1:19.73, Usman Javed, Zeeshan Razi.

100m breaststroke: Abdul Aziz 1:23.18, Zeeshan Razi, Zeeshan Rabbi.

100m butterfly: Rahim Waqar 1:19.77, Usman Javed, Zeeshan Rabbi Khan.

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