HYDERABAD, June 13: Swimmers of Karachi and Larkana excelled in the pool when they surpassed three records in the 10th Sindh Games swimming meet on Tuesday. Karachi’s Aneeq Anwar set new mark in 200m freestyle clocking 2.44.19 surpassing the existing record of 2.50.16 set by Agha Shahmir, also of Karachi. He completed double when he broke the 200m individual medley record clocking 2.57.57. The previous record of 3.01.13 was held by Karachi’s Javed Taqi.

Larkana’s Mohib Ali Chandio proved his mettle when he completed 200m backstroke in 3.09.40 to break the record of Asif Shafiq (3.11.33) set by him at the 8th Sindh Games.

Swimming:

200m: Aneeq Anwar (Kar) 2.44.19; Mohammad Usman (Hyd) 2.59.50, Saqib Khan (Lar) 3.35.47.

50m backstroke: Mohib Ali Chandio (Lar) 0.34.44; Zeeshan Saleem (Kar) 0.36.25; Sadiq Rasheed (Hyd) 0.40.18.

100m breaststroke: Salman Saadat Khan (Kar) 1.22.10; Musawir Ashmed Abbasi (Hyd) 1.45.47; Waheed Ali (Lar) 1.53.75.

200m individual medley: Aneeq Anwar (Ka) 2.57.57; Sadiq Rasheed (Hyd) 3.32.90; Mohammad Saleem (Suk) 3.42.50.

100m butterfly: Usman Saleem (Kar) 1.25.12; Zeeshan Hyder Jatoi (Hyd) 1.30.78; Nazakat Ali (Suk) 1.56.44.

400m freestyle: Ahsan Mushtaq (Kar) 6.38.12; Musawir Ahmed Abbasi (Hyd) 7.10.25; Allah Warayo (Suk) 8.11.88.

Handball: Sukkur bt Larkana 15-14.

Netball: Sukkur w/o Larkana; Karachi bt Mirpurkhas 24-4.

Squash (men): Shahroze bt Sajjad Ahmed 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Ansar Khan bt Asad Bhutto 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 ;Ahsan Arain bt Tauqir Ahmed 9-0, 9-0.

Mirpurkhas beat Larkana in semi-final by 3-0. Abdul Rehman beat Zohaib Ali by 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Rehan Ahmed beat Ghulam Akbar by 9-4, 9-0, 9-0; Amir Ali beat Ghulam Murtaza by 9-0, 9-0.

Karachi defeated Mirpurkhas in semi-final by 3-0. Naveed Alam beat Rehan Ahmed by 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Ashfaq Hussain beat Abdul Rehman, who sustained injuries in third set. He was defeated by 9-1, 9-0. Abdul Saeed beat Amir Ali 9-0, 9-0.

(women): Hyderabad bt Sukkur 3-0.

Sara Awan bt Tehmina 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Aneeqa Awan bt Sumaira 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Mahrukh Sheikh bt Savera 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.

Badminton (women) final: Karachi bt Hyderabad 2-0

Mahwish Zaman bt Sumaira Emanval 11-6, 11-0; Mehwish Zaman -Beenish Sharif bt Sumaira Emanval — Nirmala Devi 11-15, 15-2, 15-3; Play-off for 3rd position: Mirpurkhas w/o Sukkur.

Kodi-Kodi: Mirpurkhas outplayed Karachi 17-2.

(Semifinals): Mirpurkhas bt Sukkur 19-18; Larkana bt Hyderabad 24-20.

Hockey (men) quarterfinals: Sukkur bt Larkana 6-2

(women): Karachi qualified for the final when they carved out 2-0 win against Sukkur in the pre-final. Sana slammed a goal in each half for the winners. Sukkur's Rozina wasted a penalty stroke.

Table Tennis (men) final: Karachi bt Hyderabad 3-1

Atta Abbas bt Awais Ahmed 3-1; Khawaja Kashif bt Adnan Leghari 3-1; Yousuf Habib lost to M.Kamran 1-3; Khawaja Kashif bt Mohammad Awais 3-0.

Football: Sukkur bt Mirpurkhas 4-1.

Medals table

Karachi 9 4 2 15

Larkana 2 0 2 4

Hyderabad 0 8 2 10

Sukkur 1 0 5 6

Mirpurkhas 0 0 1 1

Note: Tabulated under region, gold, silver, bronze and total.

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