The trials process, on the directives of Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, has commenced for the selection of table tennis, weightlifting and powerlifting teams for upcoming First Quaid-e-Azam Inter-Divisional Table Tennis (male and female), Weightlifting (male) and Powerlifting (female) Championships on Thursday.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, in a statement on Thursday, directed all the selectors to select the table tennis, weightlifting and powerlifting teams purely on merit. “First Quaid-e-Azam Inter-Divisional Table Tennis (male and female), Weightlifting (male) and Powerlifting (female) Championships is the best platform for young talented players of the province to express their potential,” he added.
It may be noted here that First Quaid-e-Azam Inter-Divisional Table Tennis (male and female), Weightlifting (male) and Powerlifting (female) Championships will be organised at Nishtar Park Sports Complex Gymnasium Hall from March 1 to 3, 2021.
The trials of Lahore Division men’s weightlifting team were held at Railways Stadium where the selection panel including Punjab Weightlifting Association Secretary Javed Asghar, Secretary Lahore Division Ch Mushtaq and Joint Secretary Lahore Division Abdul Ghaffar supervised the trials. The trials of Lahore Division women powerlifting team will be held at Punjab University Women Centre opposite MAO College on Feb 26, Friday.
The selectors picked up the following 10 weightlifters out of 21 participants: Sameer Khan, Hamza Raffique, Zain Khalid, Hasnain Butt, Abdullah Zahid, Wasiq Iqbal, Shahzaib Haider, M Ali, Khurram Ali and Faiz Butt.
Meanwhile, the trials of Multan’s weightlifting (Men) and powerlifting (Women) teams will be held at Sports Complex Multan at 10am on Feb 26, Friday.
Divisional Sports Officer Multan Rana Nadeem Anjum informed that male athletes will appear in ten weight categories of weightlifting trials. These weight categories are: Snatch & Clean + Jerk (55kg, 61kg, 67kg, 73kg, 81kg, 89kg, 96kg, 102kg, 109kg and 109+kg). While the female powerlifting players will take part in the trials of eight weight categories which are as follow: Squat & Dead Lift (47kg, 52kg, 57kg, 63kg, 69kg, 76kg, 84kg, and 84+kg).