Expert coaches continued to conduct the trials for the Khelta Punjab Pink Games, the biggest event of women’s sports in the country, in all divisions of the province on Thursday. On Thursday, the Lahore Division trials of athletics and boxing were held at Punjab Stadium and Body Contact Center respectively. Director General Sports Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry is monitoring the whole trials process minutely. Divisional Sports Officer Lahore Tariq Khanzada and other officials witnessed the trials at both the venues. More than 40 female athletes appeared in boxing trials in 8 weight categories – 48 kg, 51 kg, 54 kg, 57 kg, 60 kg, 65 kg, 70 kg and 75 kg under the supervision of qualified coaches Zeeshan Butt, Tariq Siddiqui, Tahira Warsi and Sajeeha. In athletics trials, more than 50 female athletes appeared in 10 disciplines such as long jump, triple jump, high jump, shot put, 100m race, 200m race, 400m race, discuss throw, javelin throw and 4x100m relay race. The selection committee comprising Abdul Ghaffar Gujjar, M Zubair and Nabeela Noreen supervised the athletics trials to select a 12-member Lahore division athletics team for participation in upcoming Khelta Punjab Pink Games.
