Marathon race held to welcome spring

471 marathon participants help Rawalpindi kick off Jashan-e-Baharan celebrations

RAWALPINDI:

A marathon race was organised on the occasion of Jashan-e-Baharan in Rawalpindi to mark the beginning of the spring season in which 471 athletes participated.

The marathon started at Sports Complex, Liaquat Bagh and culminated at the Shehbaz Sharif Sports Complex. The athletes ran well on the five-kilometre- long track during the marathon race.

As many as 30 athletes participated in the category of senior citizens, 352 in the open category and 89 athletes participated in the under-16 category.

Under-16 athletes completed the specified distance in 16 minutes and open category players in about 15.5 minutes. In the senior citizen category, Waris Masih secured the first position, Sarfaraz Khalid got the second and Eric Joseph obtained the third position.

In the open category, Muhammad Akhtar won the first position, Sohail Ahmed secured the second and Israr Khizar got the third position. In the under-16 category, Tayyab came first, Muhammad Roman second and Shakir Usman received third position.

Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatha and Deputy Commissioner Hasan Waqar Cheema were the chief guests.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 20^th, 2023.