LAHORE, Jan 25: Army and Wapda with 211 and 180 points retained the men and women’s National Athletics Championships titles at the Wapda Sports Complex, Kot Lakhpat on Saturday.

On the last day, 10 finals were decided including four in the men’s events and six in the women. Army won three golds in the men’s to raise its tally to 13.

Wapda claimed only a single gold medal in the men’s 4 x 400m relay to make the aggregate of seven golds.

Ghulam Shabbir clinched the first gold for Army in the hammer throw with a distance of 62.2 metres.

Mumtaz Ahmad clocked 14.3 seconds for the second gold of Army in 110m hurdles race. Abdul Rasheed (Railways) gave Mumtaz a good chase as he finished 14.2 seconds followed by Muhammad Shah (Wapda) 14.6 seconds.

Atta Miran of Army with a good start to finish won the third gold for Army in the 1500m race with a time of three minutes 56 seconds.

Wapda got their solitary gold of the day in 4x400m men’s relay. Their quartet, Basit, Saghir, Sajid and Inam Ali achieved a timing of three minutes 13 secs.

In women’s category, Wapda were upstaged by Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Wah and Police. Wapda, out of total six events of the day, could clinch half as POF and Police claimed two and one gold, respectively.

Noshi Parveen, won the 100m hurdles race, clocking 15.1 secs to give Wapda their first gold of the day. Shabana Khattak (NWFP) and Fauzia Aurangzeb (Army) got the second and third position, respectively.

Shabana Kauser threw the javelin to a distance of 40.21m to claim second gold of Wapda. Yasmin Naz also from Wapda and Parveen Akhtar from Railways got second and third position, respectively.

Wapda’s last gold came through 4x400m relay when Gulnaz Ara, Shugufta Parveen, Saira Fazal and Nadia achieved the timing of four minutes 11.8 seconds. Railways came in second, while and Sindh finished third.

POF Wah, unable to clinch any gold medals in the last three days ended up with the satisfaction of claiming two on the final day.

Sumera Zahoor covered 1500m distance in four minutes 51.4 seconds to win a gold for POF, followed by Gulnaz Ara (Wapda) and Sajida Ramzan (Army).

Naveeda Malik clinched a gold in the high jump with a jumping to the height of 1.48 metres. Rozina Shafqat and Noshi Parveen both from Wapda remained second and third, respectively.

Erum Khanum who earned all three gold for Police got her final and third in the triple jump with a leap of 11.08m, beating Rozina Shafqat (Wapda) 10.44m and Ghazala Sardar (Wapda) 10.29m by clear margins. Erum had earlier claimed golds in the in 100 and 200m races.

Results:

Hammer throw: Ghulam Shabbir (Army) 62.02m, Nadeem Khan (Wapda), Habibullah (Wapda).

1500m race: Atta Miran (Army) three m 56.0sec, Shaukat Hayat (Army), Irshad Fazal (Wapda).

110m hurdles: Mumtaz Ahmad (Army) 14.3sec, Abdul Rashid

(Railways), Muhammad Shah (Wapda).

4x400m relay: Wapda (Basit, Saghir, Sajid, Inam Ali) three m

13.0sec, Army (Nasir Khan, M Ihsan, Allah Ditta, Afzal Baig),

Railways (Faryad Masih, Saeed Ahmed, M Hanif, Iftikhar Ahmad).

Women.

1500m race: Sumera Zahoor (POF Wah) four m 51.4 sec, Gulnaz Ara

(Wapda), Sajida Ramzan (Army).

High jump: Naveeda Malik (POF Wah) 1.48m, Rozina Shafqat (Wapda),

Noshi Parveen (Wapda).

100m hurdles: Noshi Parveen (Wapda) 15.1sec, Shabana Khattak

(NWFP), Faauzia Aurangzeb (Army).

Javelin throw: Shabana Kauser (Wapda) 40.21m, Yasmin Naz (Wapda),

Parveen Akhtar (Railways).

Triple jump: Erum Khanum (Police) 11.08m, Rozina Shafqat (Wapda),

Ghazala Sardar (Wapda).

4x400m relay: Wapda (Gulnaz Ara, Shugufta Parveen, Saira Fazal,

Nadia), four m 11.8 seconds, Railways (Bashira Bibi, Qaisra

Batool, Samina Manzoor, Uzma Rani). Sindh (Kiran, Nadia, Farzana, Naseem Hamid).

Points table( team, gold, silver, bronze, points):

MEN

Army 13 12 07 211

Wapda 07 08 07 145

Railways 00 02 03 41

Navy 01 00 04 33

Police 01 00 01 24

Punjab 00 00 00 16

POF Wah 00 00 00 11

NWFP 00 00 00 06

Balochistan 00 00 00 02

PAF 00 00 00 01

UGC 00 00 00 01

WOMEN

Wapda 12 12 05 180

Railways 01 04 04 66

Army 02 01 05 42

Punjab 00 00 03 32

POF Wah 02 01 01 29

Police 03 01 00 26

Sindh 00 00 02 15

NWFP 00 01 00 05

UGC 00 00 00 04