LAHORE: At the National Swimming Championship on Saturday at the International Swimming Pool of the Nishtar Sports Complex, Punjabi swimmer Aryan Rehman Khawar set a new national record in the 50-meter freestyle event.
Aryan set a new record and won with a time of 24.42 seconds in an extremely impressive performance. Hamza Asif of Wapda took the second spot, followed by Aryan Zayn Din, who came in third.
Army has now won nine gold medals, putting them at the top of the medal table. They have won four more gold medals, one silver medal, and five bronze medals.
Sindh overtook Wapda for the third position, securing two golds, while Punjab remained in second place with a total of two golds. With one gold, Wapda finished fourth.
Army also dominated the women’s competition, consolidating their lead with two more gold medals, bringing their total to five gold, two silver, and three bronze.
Sindh came in second with four golds, three silvers, and two bronzes, while Wapda and Punjab came in third and fourth with two golds, respectively.
Freestyle 800m: 1 Army of Mohammad Ahmed Durrani, 9:19.21; 2 Mohammad Daniyal Kashif (Punjab); 3 Army’s Basit Ali, 100-meter backstroke: 1:02.06 Ali Mitha (Sindh); 2 Yahya Khan, M. 3 Army’s Abbas Hussain, 50-meter breaststroke: 31.28 for Hamza Asif (Wapda); 2 Mohammad Bilal Maqbool, from Pakistan; 3 Army’s Adnan Ali, 200-meter freestyle: 1:58.47 Aryaan Zayn Din (Army); 2 Sindh’s Mikail Azfar Mir; 3 Army’s Basit Ali, 100-meter butterfly: 1:01.02; Syed M. Daniyal Hatim (Army); 2 Mohammad Hammad; 3 50-meter freestyle by Sameer Asif (HEC): 1 Aryan Rehman Khawar (Punjab), a new national record with a time of 24.42 2 Asif Hamza (Wapda); 3 Army’s Aryan Zayn Din, 4×200-meter freestyle relay: 1 Army 8:30.20; Punjab, 2; Three Sindh Women’s:
Freestyle 800m: 9:54.83, 1 Jehanara Nabi (Army); 2 Sindh Meher Maqbool; 3 Zahra Khalida Kazi, 100-meter backstroke, Pakistan: Sindh, Meher Maqbool, 1:18.48; 2 Aqeel Raaqiah (Army); 3 Maham Ali, 50-meter breaststroke, IFAWSA: 1 Sindh Hareem Malik; 2 Wapda Mishael Aisha Hyat Ayub; 3 Zara Farhan (Sindh)
200m free-form: 2:25.38, 1 Jehanara Nabi (Army); 2 Punjab’s Shahzana Shahid; 3 Rania Adnan, Pakistan, 100-meter butterfly: 1:11.97 of Mishael Aisha Hyat Ayub (Wapda); 2 Sindh’s Hareem Malik; 3 Army’s Ameena Ameer Qadri, 50-meter freestyle: 1 Shahzana Shahid, Pakistan, 29,82; 2 Wapda’s Ayesha Zeeshan; 3 Ameena Ameer Qadri, Armed Forces
