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Pakistan Navy win 16 medals in Parvez Abbasi Open Shooting Championship

Navy secured nine more medals on the second day while 7 on opening day of Parvez Abbasi Open Shooting Championship at PN Shooting Range, Karachi.

Pakistan Navy leading the table with 16 medals: four gold, seven silver, and five bronze. Punjab with one gold and one silver were second. Army with one gold and Pakistan Air Force with one gold stood third and fourth spot, respectively. Rangers with one gold medal were fifth and Sindh with one bronze medal sixth. SSU stood seventh with one bronze medal. 

On the second day, in the Prone Rifle event for men, all three medals won by Navy as the gold medal secured by Ghufran Adil, silver medal by Aqib Latif, and Hassan Abbas seals bronze medal.

In the Prone Rifle event for women, too, all three medals were clinched by Navy. Nazish Khan won gold, Nadra Raees silver, and Naheed Saeed bronze.

In the Big Bore Pistol event for women, Navy’s Lubna Amin and Mehwish Farhan won gold and silver medals, respectively, while Rubab Kanwal of SSU grabbed the bronze medal.

In the Big Bore Rifle (telescopic sight) event for men, Dr Faisal of Rangers clinched gold, Mohsin Nawaz of Punjab won silver, and Noor-ul-Hassan of Army took bronze. In the Skeet Olympic event, Punjab’s Usman Chand won gold, Navy’s Abdul Sattar Satti grabbed silver, and Ahmed Sultan of SRA captured bronze.

Shahnoor of Pakistan Army clinched the gold medal in Under-25 skeet shooting for men and women. Wajahat of Pakistan Navy took the second position while Shahzad of Pakistan Navy won the bronze medal.

Day 2 Medal Table Results:
TeamsGoldSilverBronze
Pakistan Navy475
Punjab11-
Army1--
Pakistan Air Force1--
Rangers 1--
Sindh--1
SSU--1

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