{"id":114811,"date":"2026-10-22T17:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wapda-win-six-gold-medals-on-opening-day-of-national-athletics-championships-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T17:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:05:12","slug":"wapda-win-six-gold-medals-on-opening-day-of-national-athletics-championships-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wapda-win-six-gold-medals-on-opening-day-of-national-athletics-championships-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"WAPDA win six gold medals on opening day of National Athletics Championships | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n KARACHI: <\/p>\n

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Pakistan WAPDA dominated the opening day of the Lok Sahaaita 54th National Athletics Championships 2026, winning six of the seven gold medals on offer.<\/p>\n

National record-holder Shajar Abbas claimed the men’s 100-metre title in 10.20 seconds to be crowned Pakistan’s fastest man. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Attaullah finished second, while HEC’s Haseeb took bronze.<\/p>\n

WAPDA’s Faiqa Riaz won the women’s 100 metres in 11.56 seconds to earn the fastest woman title. HEC’s Hawla secured silver, while Sindh’s Iqra Riaz claimed bronze.<\/p>\n

Sindh’s Mah Noor Fatima won the championship’s first gold medal in the women’s 5,000-metre race walk, clocking 32 minutes 32.40 seconds. WAPDA’s Amara Munawar took silver, while Punjab’s Saira finished third.<\/p>\n

WAPDA’s Muhammad Waqas claimed gold in the men’s 20-kilometre race walk. Pakistan Navy’s Muhammad Younis Khan won silver, while WAPDA’s Muhammad Gulfam secured bronze.<\/p>\n

HEC’s Khadija Mehreen, representing Superior University Lahore, won the women’s shot put with a throw of 10.85 metres. WAPDA’s Samia Sahar and Amna Ashiq finished second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n

WAPDA continued their dominance in the middle-distance events, with Nazia Ehsan winning the women’s 1,500 metres in 5:09.78. HEC’s Gonash Batool took silver, while teammate Javeria Bibi claimed bronze.<\/p>\n

Sohail Amir secured WAPDA’s gold in the men’s 1,500 metres. HEC’s Abdul Wahab finished second, while WAPDA’s Muhammad Akram took third.<\/p>\n

The opening day’s results underlined WAPDA’s strength across sprinting, race walking, throwing and middle-distance running.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: Pakistan WAPDA dominated the opening day of the Lok Sahaaita 54th National Athletics Championships 2026, winning six of the seven gold medals on offer. National record-holder Shajar Abbas claimed the men’s 100-metre title in 10.20 seconds to be crowned Pakistan’s fastest man. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Attaullah finished second, while HEC’s Haseeb took bronze. WAPDA’s Faiqa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/11792681794-0\/11792681794-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t