Mahnoor Fatima won the gold medal in the women's 5,000 metres race walk during the 54th National Athletics Championship, which began on 22 October. The athlete finished the race with a time of 32 minutes and 32.40 seconds.
Ammara Manawwar, representing WAPDA, took the silver medal, while Sawera from Punjab claimed the bronze. "It is the first day of the National Athletics Championship, and I won a gold medal for Sindh in the 5000m race walk," Mahnoor said.
Waqas secured the gold medal in the men's 20km race walk for WAPDA. Muhammad Younis Khan from Navy earned the silver medal in the same category, and Muhammad Gulfam from WAPDA won the bronze.
Sindh Home Minister Zia Hussain Lanjar is scheduled to inaugurate the championship at 17:00:00 on 22 October. The Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) is supervising the event, which the Sindh Athletics Association (SAA) is organising.
Organisers have allocated Rs9 million as prize money for the competition. Participants include teams from the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan Air Force, Navy, Railways, Police, four provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Islamabad, and Gilgit-Baltistan.
