PESHAWAR
Eight years old Zayan Thursday declared as the best swimmer of the Inter-School Swimming Championship organized by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Swimming Championship here at Adil Khan Swimming Pool.
Former Sports Minister and Senior Vice President Pakistan Olympic Association Syed Aqil Shah, Director General Galiyat Development Authority (GDA) and Director Prosecution Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mukhtiar Ahmad, President KP Swimming Association Muhammad Asif Orakzai, coaches Asad Khan Hoti and Mobeen Khan, Saleem Akhtar, Vice President KP Swimming Association Miss Shabnam, Secretary KP Swimming Association Salahuddin, officials, swimmers and spectators were also present.
More than 100 swimmers of various schools across Peshawar participated in the Championship wherein eight year old Zayan clinched the best swimmer award with a gold and silver medal in the 100m butterfly and freestyle.
In 50m freestyle U14 Ahmed Hasan took first position, followed by Zayan got second and Muhammad Ali remained third, in 50m freestyle U10 Abdul Rafi first, Arif Wajdan second and Talha Mazhar third, Bilal Jabbar in 50m freestyle U12 took first position, followed by Azlan and Zulfiqar and Mohammad Owais were declared as join third.
In the 100 butterfly Zayan took the gold medal, followed by Abdul Rafi and Wajdan. In the U10 category Aizaz took first in the freestyle, Shehryar got second and Abubakar remained third respectively. Bilal Aftab got first position in the 50m freestyle U12, Zalan took second and Muhammad Hussain got the third position. Safian of Nowshera was declared as best swimmer in the U12 category.
At the end, the guest gave away trophies, certificates to the position holders. Muhammad Asif Orakzai said that they have coached and trained the swimmers from age 8-year-old to U14 for two months and now they are exhibiting good swimming skills. He also appreciated international coaches Asad Hoti and Mobeen Khan Khalil for their hard efforts in training the upcoming swimmers.
