PESHAWAR - Pakistan Army and Pakistan Wapda players on Sunday dominated in the ongoing 27th Men and 10 Women National Ranking Judo Championship here at Lala Rafique Sports Arena under the aegis of Pakistan Judo Federation and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judo Association. Pakistan Army players won the first position in six different weights categories and cemented their position for the medals. KPJA Senior Vice President Masood Ahmed distributed medals among the athletes. Olympian Shah Hussain successfully defended his title by winning first position in 110kg. In the 110 kg event, Hamid Ali of Navy was second and Sabir Ali of KP and Yusuf Riaz of Punjab were third. In the Men’s 66 kg, M Hussain grabbed gold, Naseeb Khan silver and Salman Khan and M Omar bronze. Ali Akbar of Army won 55kg gold and Sabir Hussain of Army 50kg gold. In the women 70kg, Benish of Wapda won gold medal, Amna of Punjab silver while Khatijah of KP and Fazilaat of Navy bagged bronze.

 Manahil Iftikhar of Army won 48kg gold while Punjab’s Anam Anwar was second and HEC’s Aqsa Ahmed and KP’s Mohsina were third. In the 44kg weight, Irum Shehzadi of Army clinched gold while Mashal of Punjab secured silver and Asifa Noor and Nida – both from KP – earned bronze medals.