Army continues their dominance in National Games
Event is being held in Balochistan
Pakistan Army has maintained its dominance in the ongoing 34th National Games as they won the National Games shooting competition.
Army completely dominated the shooting competition as they bagged 17 gold, 14 silver and five bronze medals.
Navy shooting team finished second with 14 gold medals while also winning 16 silver and 12 bronze medals.
On the final day of the shooting competitions, Army won four and Navy won two gold medals.
Army Lt Col (Rtd) Aamir Iqbal won the gold medal in men's double trap. Mohammad Farrukh of Army won the silver while Aminullah of Navy won the bronze medal.
In the double trap team event, Army won the gold medal, setting a new national record
The men's 50m rifle 3rd position individual gold went to Navy's Zeeshan Shakir. Zeeshan also created a new national record with a score of 582.
In the 3-position rifle team, Navy won gold, Army won silver and Air Force won bronze.
Army's Mohammad Shabbir won a gold medal in the 25m centre fire pistol. Shabbir also created a new national record with a total of 589 points
The team event of 25m centre fire pistol was also won by Army.
Pakistan Army have also won the Gold medal in women's football at the 34th National Games after beating WAPDA 4-3. They were once 1-3 down in the game but then made an outstanding comeback to win the title.
Earlier, in the sailing competition in the National Games, the Navy lead in various categories after the first two days.
So far, six races have been completed in as many different categories in Karachi.
Navy leads in Men's Leisure Standard, Windsurfing RSX, Junior Windsurfing and 470 class.
In the Junior Laser Standard and Junior 470 class, the Navy and Air Force are in the same place.
The medals will be decided after three more races today (May 21) at the ongoing event at Clifton.
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