Punjab contingent continued to excel in the 35th National Games being organized at Karachi and till Thursday evening, Punjab’s tally of gold medals has reached to 13.
Punjab’s wrestler Abdul Rehman, who is also receiving a scholarship from the Punjab Sports Endowment Fund, won the gold medal in the 65 kg category in wrestling. Overall, in wrestling, Punjab players have won two gold medals and as many silver and bronze medals.
Punjab wushu team has also secured two gold medals. Punjab’s wushu athlete M Umair took gold medal in Tai-chi while Sammar Abbas got a gold medal in Dao Shu event.
In table tennis mixed doubles, Punjab's Owais Hassan and Kulsoom Khan defeated Wapda to win the gold medal. Similarly, Punjab's Tehseen, Noman, Murtaza and Naeem fetched a gold medal in the fencing team event.
Punjab women team grabbed a silver medal in the National Games basketball event while Punjab girls clinched a silver medal in athletics 4x100m relay event.
In weightlifting, Masab Sethi and Farhal Jamil won bronze medals in 65kg and 60kg category events respectively. Punjab also bagged two bronze medals in the girls and boys squash events.
In taekwondo, Punjab's Ayesha Amir qualified for the semi-finals in girls' 73kg plus category competition while Syed M Akmal also qualified for the semi-finals in the boys' 87kg plus category event.
