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Wapda dominates 1st day of National Weightlifting
By M Bilal
ISLAMABAD—Wapda lifters grabbed all but one of the four gold medals on
the opening day of two-day 28th Quaid-e-Azam National Ranking
Weightlifting Tournament at Pakistan Sports Complex on Tuesday. Wapda
won gold medals through the efforts of Ishtiaq Ghafoor (62 kg), Jawwad
Sarwar Cheema (69 kg) and International Muhammad Irfan Islam (77 kg).
The fourth gold medal of the day went to Abdullah Ghafoor of Punjab, who
won 56 kg category. The winners of all weight categories are currently
attending the national camp, preparing for 18th Commonwealth Games, 10th
South Asian Games and 12th Asian Games — all three events to be held
next year.
Brig. Arif Mehmud Siddiqui, Director General, Pakistan Sports Board, was
the chief guest on the opening day. Competitions in weight categories of
85, 94, 105 and over-105 kg will be held on Wednesday. Wapda won gold
medals through the efforts of Ishtiaq Ghafoor (62 kg), Jawwad Sarwar
Cheema (69 kg) and International Muhammad Irfan Islam (77 kg). The
fourth gold medal of the day went to Abdullah Ghafoor of Punjab, who won
56 kg category. The winners of all weight categories are currently
attending the national camp, preparing for 18th Commonwealth Games, 10th
South Asian Games and 12th Asian Games — all three events to be held
next year. The following were the results, tabulated under Name, Unit
Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total.
56 KG: Abdullah Ghafoor Punjab 97 117 214, Fawwad Ahmed HEC 73 90 163,
Salauddin NWFP 65 83 155, Shafaqat Gulzar Islamabad 70 83 153, Ilyas
Ghafoo Punjab 80 Dropped jerk.
62 KG: Ishtiaq Ghafoor WAPDA 112 137 249, Waseem Nazir HEC 85 100 185,
Sohaib Lone Punjab dropped snatch — —-.
69 KGs Weight Category: Jawwad Sarwar Cheema WAPDA 120 147 267, Matiun
Rehmana WAPDA 115 147 262, Talib Hussain WAPDA 100 130 230, Kashif
Barkat Police 105 125 230, Amin Farooque Punjab 95 130 225, Muhammad
Usman Punjab 100 125 225, Zeeshan NWFP 85 100 185.
77 KG: Muhammad Irfan WAPDA 134 170 304, M.Tariq Azam Punjab 130 155
285, Abdul Hafeez Ansari Punjab 93 118 211, Majeed Dogar Police 92 115
207, Asif Javed NWFP 65 80 145.
Medal Position: WADPA 3+1+1, Punjab 1+1+1 Higher Education Commission
0+2+0, NWFP 0+0+1. |
