The interesting competitions are in progress on Monday in the 35th National Games being organised at Karachi.
Punjab bagged the gold medal in fencing when M Naeem defeated his opponent from Higher Education Commission in the individual fencing competition without much trouble. In total, Punjab clinched 4 medals in fencing, including one gold, one silver and 2 bronze medals.
Punjab also won a silver medal in rugby girls’ event when they suffered defeat against Wapda in the final after tough competition. In gymnastics boys’ event, Punjab pocketed a silver and a bronze medal while in taekwondo, Punjab's Tayyab Sarwar won a silver medal. In the taekwondo team event, Maryam Aslam and Tayyab Sarwar won silver while Sundas Zahra won a bronze medal.
Punjab women also won two bronze medals in karate in 68+ category and kata category. Punjab won another bronze medal in the badminton women's team event. Punjab picked up a bronze medal by defeating Police by 29-0 in the rugby boys' third and fourth position match. Punjab’s Maimoona secured a bronze medal in the women’s athletics shot put event.
Punjab also qualified for the 800m and 400m races while Punjab women's team booked the semi-final place in National Games squash event. In basketball girls’ event, Punjab defeated Balochistan by a huge margin of 106-20.
In National Games women hockey event, Punjab girls toppled Balochistan by a massive margin of 19-0 in a one-sided match on Monday. Punjab women hockey team was ruthless right from the beginning and did not give any room to their opponents to settle down. Sharika and Laraib Abid were the top scorers for Punjab with 7 and 5 goals respectively while the remaining seven goals were shared by Mehak Rashid (3), Maleeha Younis (2), Saira Younis (1) and Laiba Yaseen (1) goal.
