WAPDA bags national gymnasium championship title

Lahore: WAPDA successfully defended its title by winning 53rd National Gymnastics Championship. WAPDA secured 6 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals in the championship while Pakistan Army remained runners-up with 2 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals. WAPDA athlete Muhammad Afzal was declared best gymnast of the event.

According to the details, WAPDA won gold medals in pommel horse, rings, vault, horizontal bar and team categories, silver medals in pommel horse, vault, parallel bar and floor categories and bronze medals in parallel bar, floor and horizontal bar categories.

Secretary General, Pakistan Olympic Association, Khalid Mehmood was the chief guest of the concluding ceremony, who gave away trophies to the winning teams.

The two-day Championship was held at Government College University Lahore. As many as eight teams participated in the Championship including Balochistan, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Pakistan Army, Railways, Police and WAPDA.