WAPDA strengthened their lead at the Lok Sahaita 54th National Athletics Championship with 16 golds after the third day of the competition at NED University on Friday.
Navy remained second with seven gold medals, followed by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) with six, as the championship entered its final day. The closing ceremony is scheduled for Saturday.
WAPDA collected ten gold medals in the men’s events and six in the women’s competitions, underlining their dominance across the championship.
Navy’s Shahbaz Masih won the men’s marathon, completing the 42-kilometre race in two hours, 48 minutes and 48 seconds. Sindh’s Raees Khameer finished second in 2:55:26, while Police’s Ahmed took bronze in 2:58:23.
HEC’s Abu Bakar claimed gold in the decathlon with 5,294 points. Punjab’s Abdul Rehman finished second with 5,127 points, narrowly ahead of WAPDA’s Shoaib Khan, who scored 5,125.
HEC’s Khabeeb won the men’s 3,000-metre steeplechase in 9:41.16, while WAPDA’s Muhammad Irfan took silver and Police’s Mubashir finished third.
In women’s events, HEC’s Kinza Fatima won the 400-metre hurdles in 1:05.40. WAPDA’s Nazia claimed the 800 metres in 2:25.10, ahead of HEC’s Nida Karim.
WAPDA also won the mixed 4×400-metre relay in 3:39.10 and the mixed 4×100-metre relay in 44.50 seconds.
Navy’s Amtul Rehman added two titles to her tally, winning the women’s heptathlon with 3,608 points and the triple jump with a distance of 11.77 metres. The victories took her gold-medal count at the championship to four.
Navy’s Abdullah Nawaz won the men’s discus throw with a distance of 51.05 metres, while WAPDA’s Hazrat Umar claimed the men’s 400-metre hurdles in 55.06 seconds.
The championship is being held under the supervision of the Athletics Federation of Pakistan and organised by the Sindh Athletics Association with the support of Lakh Sahaita.
WAPDA will look to maintain their advantage on Saturday as the competition concludes.