While most national athletes failed to impress in the ongoing Commonwealth Games, Shah Hussain Shah s bronze and Nooh Dastgir Butt s gold medal win gave Pakistan some reason to cheer about
From our correspondentBIRMINGHAM: Pakistan’s Olympian swimmer Bisma Khan created her personal best timing in the women’s 50 metre butterfly event of the swimming competitions of the.
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Haseeb fails to improve upon his best
July 28, 2021
KARACHI: Pakistani swimmer Syed Haseeb Tariq failed to improve upon his best time in the 100 metre freestyle swimming competitions at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.
Canada-based Haseeb clocked 53.81 seconds and failed to beat his personal best timing of 53.34. He finished overall 62nd among 71 competitors of whom one swimmer did not swim at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Haseeb swam in heat-2, carrying eight swimmers, in which he ended sixth. As many as 16 swimmers were to qualify for the semi-finals.
Haseeb feels that having not competed for one and a half years at any stage due to Covid-19 might be the reason behind his poor performance. âThere was no issue. I just didnât have a good race,â Haseeb told âThe Newsâ from Tokyo. âTraining times and everything else were on point. It happens in swimming where you get one shot only. Having not raced in one and a half year might have been a big reason for t
July 11, 2021
KARACHI: The entire Olympics-bound Pakistan contingent was on Saturday taken on board and were briefed about various matters regarding their training, implementation of the Covid SOPs, travelling to Tokyo and their stay there.
The meeting was attended by all 22 members, including ten players and 12 officials. Of the people 14 were present physically while the rest were taken online. Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) secretary Khalid Mehmmod told âThe Newsâ that Japan-based judoka Shah Hussain was also taken online and his various issues were listened to.
Those players and officials, who are scheduled to fly out of Islamabad for Tokyo on July 16, were also advised to reach the federal capital three days before departure so that they could also collect different things from the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) and make solid travelling arrangements.