Umair grabs gold

Published March 19, 2006

PESHAWAR, March 18: Punjab University (PU) maintained its lead by winning two more golds on Saturday in the HEC Inter-university athletics championship on Saturday.

After winning the first gold in the 800m on the opening day, Punjab University grabbed gold in shot put and 500m. Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur’s Mohammad Umair leapt to gold in triple jump.

Results:

800m: Mohammad Ali (PU); Inayatullah IT. Quetta; Muhammad Shafiq Government College University, Lahore

5000m: Mubasher Asharaf (PU) 18:18.66sec; Mushataq GCU, Faisalabad 18:39.31 Muhammad Shafiq GCU, Lahore 19:07.59sec

Shot put: Syed Raza Abbas (PU) 13.60m; Ijaz Rasool (PU) 11.09m Mehran Khan (UOP) 10.94

Triple jump: Mohammad Umair (Shah Abdul Latif University) 12.32m Kausar Rehman (UOP) 12.04m; Fida Hussain (QUEST), Nawab Shah 12.06m.—APP