Ijaz Rashid
Peshawar : In collaboration with Pakistan Cycling Federation and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cycling Association, Elite and Junior competitions of the 7th National Road Cycling Championship (Mess/Women) were held in Peshawar from February 17 to 20, which proved to be a memorable event. Eleven teams participated in the event. participated by Baikistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Islamabad, Army, Wapda and other affiliated units.The circuit race was played under Asian and UCI rules with a loop of 13.5 km. Baikistan Cycling Academy in the race. Men’s and Women’s titles were inaugurated by provincial Minister of Industry Adnan Jalil, while the closing ceremony was held yesterday at House Peshawar, in which Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Haji Ghulam Ali distributed prizes to the players and awarded medals and trophies to the players.
On this occasion, President Asian Cycling Confederation, President Pakistan Cycling Federation Syed Azhar Ali Shah, Organizing Secretary and President KP Cycling Association Nisar Ahmed, General Secretary PHF Muazzam Khan, Commissioners and Chief Judge Haroon, Nusrat Khan, Javed Khan. Sardar Nazakat, Sarmad Shabab, M Important Tariq, Mah Noor, Razzaq, Usman and Tafur Zareen were included. More than 110 cyclists participated in the competition. Athletes from all over the country showed their best skills. Gold, Maleeha Ali won Silver and Sneha Khalid won Bronze Medal in Men’s Junior Road Race Naiullah of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won Gold, Azan of Sindh won Silver and Karim of Balochistan won Bronze Medal in Women’s Elite Race Nadia of WAPDA Bibi won gold, Kokab Sarwar of Baikistan won silver, Kiniza Malik of Baikistan Cycling Academy won bronze medal, Sanaullah of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won gold, Shabir Hussain of Balochistan won silver and Shan of Crank Academy won bronze medal in men’s under-23 category road race. WAPDA’s Haroon Rasheed won gold, Crank’s Abdul Wahab won silver and WAPDA’s Ghulam Qadir won bronze medals in Men’s Master Road Race competitions, Baikistan Academy won first in women’s elite team time trial competitions, Punjab won second and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won second. 3rd Position’ Men’s Under-23 Individual Time Abdul Wahid of WAPDA won gold, Ismail Anwar of Baikistan won silver and Sanaullah of KP won bronze medal in women’s junior individual time trial, Maryam Ali of Baikistan won gold, Sneha Khalid of Punjab won silver. And Maleeha Ali of Bayistan won the bronze medal in the men’s junior individual time trial competitions. In Men’s Elite Individual Time Trial, Shaun Wiley of Baixtan Academy won Gold, Ali Ilyas won Silver and Izzat Bronze. The winners of all the events have been declared champions and these players will represent Pakistan in the international race held in Thailand.