The gold medal tally of Punjab athletes has reached to five on Tuesday amid exciting competitions of 35th National Games being organized at Karachi.
Punjab athletes have so far won gold medals in karate (2), gymnastics, fencing and wrestling. In karate, Punjab’s Zara won gold medal in minus 55 kg category and Hamna Javed clinched gold medal in minus 60 kg category.
In wrestling, Punjab’s M Abdullah won a gold medal in the 70 kg category while M Waqas also bagged a gold medal in gymnastics event at the National Games.
Punjab won a silver and 4 bronze medals in swimming. The boys won a silver medal in the 4x100 freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in the 200 meter breaststroke.
Rania Adnan Khan won a bronze medal in the girls' 50m butterfly, Shazna Shahid won a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle, while Punjab's girls also won a bronze medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay. Punjab athletes have won so far 8 silver and as many bronze medals in taekwondo event of National Games.
Faraz Khan won a silver medal in wrestling, while Iman Fatima won a bronze medal in weightlifting 53 kg category.
In badminton, Raza Ali Abid defeated Army's Sadid Anjum Bashir 3-0, Jalis Konain defeated Gilgit-Baltistan's Ikramullah 2-0, Aimal Muneeb defeated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Laiba Mushtaq 2-0, and Humaima Usman defeated Azad Jammu and Kashmir's Madiha Ilyas 2-0 to qualify for National Games badminton event quarterfinals.
