Our Correspondent
Punjab Sports Minister Malik Taimoor Masood distributed cash prizes among medal winning Pakistan triathlon team that exhibited excellent performance and won five medals in International Triathlon Games in Thailand.
DG Sports Punjab Tariq Qureshi, Director Admin Syed Omair Hasan, Deputy Director Tariq Wattoo, Secretary Pakistan Modern Pentathlon Federation (PMPF) Zahoor Ahmed were also present at the prize distribution ceremony held at National Hockey Stadium.
Three athletes Labib Ahmed, Attaullah and M Afnan were given cash prizes of Rs 1 lakh each for winning silver medals while Arslan and Mohsin got Rs 75,000 each for winning bronze medals in the event. Head coach and manager of the national triathlon team Tariq Ahmad Rashid was given Rs 50,000 for his key role in medal-winning performance in the Games.
Speaking on this occasion, Malik Taimoor Masood congratulated the national team on winning five medals in the Games. He said a medal won in any sport belongs to the country and the nation and the medal winner is the true hero of the nation. “We are fully encouraging the athletes who are winning medals for the country in any sports discipline,” the Sports Minister added.
He said the medal winning performance of the national team will definitely prove to be a great inspiration for our talented youth.
“Now a large number of youth are taking keen interest in pentathlon games,” he added.
DG Sports Punjab on this occasion said that the Sports Board Punjab is extending all possible facilities and supports for the promotion of pentathlon games in the province. “Our athletes demonstrated superb performance in the recently-held Games”, Tariq Qureshi added.
