LAHORE, May 29: Wapda’s lifters annexed the 53rd National weightlifting championship securing 74 points at Railways Stadium on Saturday. Wapda claimed six gold and two silver medals in eight events. The hosts Railways scored 58 with two gold, four silver and two bronze medals to make it to the runners-up spot.

Punjab grabbed one silver and four bronze medals to make 34 points for the third spot, while Higher Education Commission (19) and Police (15) finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

NWFP and Islamabad managed seven points, each. Army (five points) and Sindh (three points) were the other participating teams.

Results (player, unit, snatch, clean and jerk, total):

69kg: Jawad Sarwar (Wapda), 115, 140, 255 Ghulam Abbas (Railways) 97, 135, 232 Fahad (Punjab) 95kgs, 120, 215

77kg: Irfan Islam (Wapda) 135, 161, 296 Tariq Azam (Police) 130, 152, 282 Awais Akbar (Railways) 130, 140, 270

85kg: Khurram Shahzad (Railways) 135, 168, 303 Shakeel Butt (Wapda) 135, 168, 303 Iffy Abbas (HEC) 115, 145, 260

94kg: Abbad Ali (Wapda) 150, 162, 312 Hamayoun But (Wapda) 130, 170, 300 Rana Tehsin (Punjab) 115, 148, 263

105kg: Sajjad Amin (Wapda) 150, 191, 341 Haroon Asif (Railways) 140, 177, 317 Kashif Hanif Butt (Railways) 145, 160, 305

Above 105kg: Rizwanullah Khan (Wapda) 332 Wasif Hanif Butt (Railways) 331 Abdul Hameed (Punjab)