Australia For The 5th Time Hosting Commonwealth Games
Australia For The 5th Time Hosting Commonwealth Games: Players from Pakistan with full zest and zeal left for Australia to participate in the 21st Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast in the Australian state of Queensland, starting from the 4th of April till 15th. These will be the 5th Commonwealth Games held in Australia and the first Games offering an equal number of medal events for men and women.
The players of boxing, squash, athletics, table tennis, swimming, badminton, shooting squad left early Sunday. While weight-lifting and hockey teams reached Gold Coast before. Wrestling squad will leave on April 7. Pakistan is featuring in the quadrennial spectacle in 10 disciplines.
Pakistan’s veteran heavyweight boxer Awais Ali Khan told that despite all issues Pakistani boxers are upbeat ahead of the Commonwealth Games and have trained hard and will win a medal in Australia Common wealth games. The Quetta born 23 year South Asian Games silver medalist Flyweight boxer Mohammad Asif also targets a medal. “I have worked very hard, have done some good sparring in Islamabad and will win a medal,” He will feature in 69kg fight. Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) secretary Nasir Tung is the team manager. Former Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Arshad Hussain is accompanying the side as coach.
Olympian athlete Najma Parveen is the other who is part of Pakistan’s squad for the Commonwealth Games. Najma will feature in 200m and 400m. Abida Parveen is accompanying the athletics squad as official. Mehwish Farhan will represent the country in women’s 10m air pistol shooting competition.
Pakistan badminton team coach Iftikhar Hussain said that his players would do well in individual events. Hafiz Irfan, Murad Ali, Palwasha Bashir and Mahoor Shehzad are the shuttlers. Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF) secretary Wajid Ali Chaudhry is accompanying them as manager.
The Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) claimed that javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem might click in Gold Coast as he recorded over 80m throw in WAPDA’s Inter-Unit competitions recently.
More than 6,600 athletes and team officials from 70 countries and territories would compete in 18 sports and 7 para-sports during 11 days of competition broadcast to a 1.5 billion of global spectators.
