Pak athletics squad to feature in Imam Reza Cup in Iran – Latest News – The Nation

ISLAMABAD -A seven-member Pakistan athletics squad will journey to Iran by the top of ongoing month to compete within the 2nd Imam Reza Cup, slated to be held in Mashhad from Might 29 to 30. “We’ve chosen a bunch of extremely proficient athletes to signify the nation in Imam Reza Cup. This can be a key competitors within the build-up of our athletes to the World Athletics Championships and different essential upcoming worldwide occasions,” Maj Gen (R) Muhammad Akram Sahi, President of Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) informed APP on Saturday. These scheduled to fly Iran on Might 28 to function in numerous classes of the competitors embrace Shajar Abbas (100m & 200m), Abdul Mueed (200m & 400m), Sharoz Khan (excessive leap), Kashif Majeed (lengthy leap) and Muhammad Yasir (javelin throw). Two coaches Qazi Tanveer Hussain and Rana Sajjad Ahmad Khan may also accompany the athletes. Sahi stated that Imam Reza Cup would carry an awesome competitors environment, giving a much-needed publicity to Pakistani athletes.  “This can be a World Athletics-approved match. This is similar occasion the place our javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem had improved his private greatest from 86.29 metres to 86.38 metres earlier than that includes in Tokyo Olympics 2020. Therefore, we imagine that retaining in view the opposite upcoming worldwide occasions, this match will assist us quite a bit to gauge our athletes’ robust in addition to weak areas” he added. In response to Sahi, Pakistan’s high javelin thrower Olympian Arshad Nadeem and one other brilliant prospect Muhammad Yasir, who’re getting coaching in South Africa on the Northwest College in Potchefstroom beneath the steering of the world-acclaimed javelin coach Terseus Leibenburg can be flying again to the nation on Tuesday to use for US visas for participation within the World Athletics Championships, penciled in for July 15-24 in Oregon. The nationwide athletes may also compete in different main worldwide occasions, together with the Birmingham Commonwealth Video games (CWG), scheduled to be held from July 28 to August 8 and the Islamic Solidarity Video games (ISG), to be staged from August 9 to 18 at Konya, Turkey.