With four golds to its name, Pakistan now leads the medal tally ahead of India, which had taken the pole position with three golds on the opening day of the six-day event being held at the Rajdal Batallion, Lalitpur. [break]
Basarat Ali of Pakistan Army won the first gold of the day in the discus throw covering a distance of 50.79 meters. Indian Army´s Dharam Raj Yadav was second with a distance of 48.35 m while Tara Bahadur Karki of Nepal Army finished third covering a distance of 39.50 m.
Karki´s record of 39.50 m was far better than that of national champion Narendra Jung Shahi of Nepal Police Club, who recently bagged gold during the Sixth National Games covering a distance of 31.03 m.
India (in yellow jersey) vs Bangladesh
Karki would have been crowned the national champion had not Nepal Army pulled out of the National Games saying that they were busy preparing for the sports meet.
Shakeel Ahmed fetched the second gold for Pakistan as he won hammer throw covering a distance of 59.36 meters. Ram Shankar Yadav (56.37 m) of Indian Army and Afsar Ali (45.09 m) of Bangladeshi Army finished second and third respectively.
Mohammad Umar and Sahid Mohammad Shah Asnaz clinched the other two golds for Pakistan winning their respective matches in taekwondo.
Umar won gold in U-58 kg category ahead of Pradip Lama of Nepal Army, who settled for silver. Jhanlal Ruata of Indian Army and Anura Bandara of Sri Lankan Army both won bronze medals.
Likewise, Pakistan´s Asnaz claimed gold in U-80 kg defeating Ibrahim Khan of Indian Army in the final. Badrinath Basnet of Nepal Army and Basanta Gunasekera of Sri Lankan Army had to satisfy for bronze.
In th league round of volleyball, India defeated Bangladesh in three straight sets while Pakistan registered a 3-1 win over Nepal.
Meanwhile, Nepal and India shared points in football after the league round match ended in a goalless draw.
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