Zeenat grabs a shot put bronze
Pakistan win first medal in Asian Grand Prix.
KARACHI:
Zeenat Parveen won bronze in the shot put during the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix in Kanchanaburi, Thailand yesterday, giving Pakistan its first medal in the three-leg competition.
Parveen bettered her previous throw of 13.62m with a 13.93m yesterday to finish third.
“Winning a bronze medal in Asia is the biggest achievement of my life,” Parveen told The Express Tribune. “I narrowly missed out on a medal in the opening meet but I was adamant that I’ll leave the venue with a medal this time round.”
Parveen is now eyeing a silver or a gold in the final leg on Monday, hoping for a repeat of her national record that stands at 14.57m.
Meanwhile, Rabia Ashiq showed tremendous improvement in the 800m but failed to end up in the medals despite a personal best of 2:10:65.
“In these two rounds, I’ve set my personal best which really matters to me because this shows my game has improved a lot and all the hard work is paying off now,” said Rabia who blamed the change of tracks from what she was used to training on in Pakistan as a factor in the improvement.
Rabia has now set her sights of breaking Pakistan’s record of 2:08:65 which was set by Bushra Parveen, who is Rabia’s coach. Meanwhile, Liaquat Ali remained the country’s biggest disappointment once again as he finished the 100m in fifth with a time of 10.7 seconds.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 12th, 2012.
Zeenat Parveen won bronze in the shot put during the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix in Kanchanaburi, Thailand yesterday, giving Pakistan its first medal in the three-leg competition.
Parveen bettered her previous throw of 13.62m with a 13.93m yesterday to finish third.
“Winning a bronze medal in Asia is the biggest achievement of my life,” Parveen told The Express Tribune. “I narrowly missed out on a medal in the opening meet but I was adamant that I’ll leave the venue with a medal this time round.”
Parveen is now eyeing a silver or a gold in the final leg on Monday, hoping for a repeat of her national record that stands at 14.57m.
Meanwhile, Rabia Ashiq showed tremendous improvement in the 800m but failed to end up in the medals despite a personal best of 2:10:65.
“In these two rounds, I’ve set my personal best which really matters to me because this shows my game has improved a lot and all the hard work is paying off now,” said Rabia who blamed the change of tracks from what she was used to training on in Pakistan as a factor in the improvement.
Rabia has now set her sights of breaking Pakistan’s record of 2:08:65 which was set by Bushra Parveen, who is Rabia’s coach. Meanwhile, Liaquat Ali remained the country’s biggest disappointment once again as he finished the 100m in fifth with a time of 10.7 seconds.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 12th, 2012.