Wapda holds second place with 46 gold medals while Navy secures third with 24
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\nPakistan Army powered on at the 35th National Games on Wednesday, clinching 113 gold medals after sweeping titles in athletics, swimming and several team events.
\nAt the conclusion of a pulsating day here, the Pakistan Army is at the summit of the medal standings with 113 gold medals, along with 50 silver and 34 bronze.
\nWater and Power Development Authority (Wapda) remained second in the standings with 46 gold medals, followed by Pakistan Navy in third with 24 top honours.
\nThe action-packed day kicked off with the 42.195km men\u2019s marathon, in which Pakistan Navy\u2019s Shahbaz Masih clinched the top honour by completing the course \u2014 which began at the Quaid-e-Azam Monument and passed through multiple city routes \u2014 in 2 hours 25 minutes. Wapda\u2019s Sher Khan finished second, while Pakistan Navy\u2019s Shoaib Akhtar secured third place.
\nWapda\u2019s Faiqa Riaz maintained her exceptional run at the Games by winning the women\u2019s long jump with a 5.52-metre leap, completing a hat-trick of gold medals after earlier triumphs in the 100m and 200m events.
\nPakistan Army\u2019s dominance stretched across athletics as Usman Ali (men\u2019s 200m), Mohammad Akhtar (10,000m) and Ismail (400m) added further golds for the department.
\nWapda, on the other hand, swept several women\u2019s track and field categories, with Uzma Awan winning the hammer throw, Iram Shehzadi prevailing in 1500m, while Ghazala Ramzan triumphing in 100m hurdles.
\nIn swimming, Army\u2019s Ahmed Durrani completed the double hat-trick of gold medals, having claimed six laurels for his department after adding victories in the 800m freestyle, 200m freestyle and 200m relay.
\nWapda\u2019s Hamza Asif broke a national record in the men\u2019s 50m breaststroke, while Jehanara Nabi continued her strong performances in women\u2019s swimming, and Hareem secured another gold for Sindh. Pakistan Army also excelled in rowing, winning five golds and one silver, while Pakistan Navy picked up two golds and five silvers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Wapda holds second place with 46 gold medals while Navy secures third with 24 karachi Pakistan Army powered on at the 35th National Games on Wednesday, clinching 113 gold medals after sweeping titles in athletics, swimming and several team events. At the conclusion of a pulsating day here, the Pakistan Army is at the summit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-519560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n