After impressing on the opening day of the Asian Games 2022, Pakistan athletes failed to replicate their performances from the previous day as various athletes got knocked out from different competitions. In this blog, we review the results of Pakistan athletes on Day 2 of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Shooting
In the 10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification contest, three Pakistani shooters were in action. All three failed to advance to the next round. Their scores and ranks were as follows:
| Name | Ghufran Adil | Aqib Latif | Zeeshan Farid |
| Points | 622.7 | 616.7 | 608.4 |
| Rank | 31st | 44th | 53rd |
They needed a minimum of 629.6 points to qualify for the finals, but they could not do so. These three shooters then worked together as a team in the 10m Air Rifle Team Men’s competition. Once again they were unable to perform well and finished in 13th spot among 14 teams.
On the other hand, Ghulam Mustafa Bashir continued his good from from yesterday and finished in 5th spot in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men’s competition. By doing so he qualified for the final of the event. Unfortunately, the 36-year-old could not find his shooting accuracy in the final and finished in last place.
Rowing
Asad Iqbal, Zahid Iqbal Khan, Amjad Baig, and Muzamil Shahzad took part in Men’s Quadruple Sculls Final B contest and crossed the finish line in 6:27.72. This led them to end the contest in 7th position.
Furthermore, Zahid Iqbal Khan took part in the Men’s Single Sculls competition and finished with a time of 7:44.91. This was only good enough to help him secure 11th position in the overall rankings.
Taekwondo
Haroon Khan was the only Pakistan athlete who was in action on Day 2 of the Asian Games for Pakistan. He took part in the Round of 16 of Men’s 58 Kg category. The 26 year old won the first round with a score of 10-5. He was looking all set to make it to the next round. But his opponent form Kyrgyztan came back strongly and won the next two rounds and qualified for the quarterfinals.
Cricket
After suffering defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka in the semifinals, the Pakistan Women’s team were expected to do better in the Bronze Medal match against Bangladesh. But the Pakistani fans were left frustrated again as their side failed to beat their subcontinent rivals.
Once again the Pakistani batters found it hard to put runs on the board and put pressure on the opponent. They could only muster 64 runs in the 20 overs that they faced. In reply, the Bangladeshi batters played sensibly and won the match by five wickets. Nashra Sundhu’s economical spell of 3-10 wasn’t enough to halt the progress of Bangladesh.
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Swimming
It was a very busy day for the Pakistani swimmers as they took part in six different categories. Unfortunately, they could not make it to the finals in either of the categories. Muhammad Ahmed Durrani and Muhammad Hamza Anwar participated in the Men’s 50m Freestyle category and finished with a time of 25.05 and 26.16., respectively.
Hamza was then also seen in action in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke competition where he finished with a time of 1:20.11. Later in the evening, Hamza teamed up with Ahmed Durrani, Azhar Abbas, and Muhammad Amaan Siddiqui and participated in the Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay. Their time of 8:44.27 was at least 90 seconds worse than China’s who finished in first place in Heat 1.
Female swimmers also had a tough time in the pool. Jehanara Nabi took part in the Women’s 200m Freestyle and Women’s 200m Individual Medley competitions and crossed the finish line with time of 2:11.15 and 2:34.18, resptecivley which was not enough to scrure a place in the finals. Moreover, Fatima Adnan registered a time of 35.38 in the Women’s 50m Backstroke category and failed to make it to the next round.
Tennis
Pakistan tennis stars began Day 2 in high spirits after their heroics on Day 1 of the 19th Asian Games. But that feel-good factor did not last for long as both Ushna Suhail and Sarah Khan stumbled to defeats in Round 2 of the Women’s Singles competition. Both Pakistan athletes were beaten comprehensively by their opponents in straight sets, without winning a single game. Ushna was defeated by China’s Lin Zhu, while Sarah suffered defeat by Alex Eala of the Philippines.
But the two girls were able to make a menace when they teamed up in the Women’s Doubles competition. They defeated Mongolia in Round 1 by 6-1, 6-1 and booked their places in Round 2 of the competition. There was some more good news from the tennis court, as the pair of Aisam ul Haq and Aqeel Khan also advanced to the next round of the Men’s Doubles competition after defeating the Timor Leste duo by 6-1, 6-0.
Wushu
Three Pakistan athletes were in action in the Wushu competition on Day 2. All three were beaten in their first contest and were eliminated from the competition. Maira Karamat lost to Vietnam’s Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen in the Women’s 60Kg Quarterfinal, Abdul Khaliq lost to China’s Xuetao Wang in the Men’s 60Kg Quaterfinal, whereas Muhammad Abdul Rehamn lost to Kazkhastan’s Abdusamat Ashirov in the Men’s 65Kg Quarterfinal.
In which sports will Pakistan athletes be in action on Day 3 of the Asian Games?
| Sr No. | Sport | Category |
| 1. | Boxing | Men’s 51-57Kg – Preliminaries – R32 |
| 2. | Fencing | Men’s Épée Individual |
| 3. | Hockey | Preliminary Men’s Pool A |
| 4. | Squash | Men’s Team Pool A |
| 5. | Squash | Women’s Team Pool B |
| 6. | Shooting | 25m Pistol Women’s Qualification |
| 7. | Shooting | 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team |
| 8. | Shooting | Skeet Men’s Qualifications |
| 9. | Shooting | Skeet Team Men |
| 10. | Taekwondo | Men’s 63Kg Round of 16 |
| 11. | Tennis | Mixed Doubles Round 2 Match 1 |
| 12. | Tennis | Mixed Doubles Round 2 Match 10 |
| 13. | Tennis | Men’s Doubles Round 2 Match 2 |
| 14. | Tennis | Women’s Doubles Round 2 Match 2 |
| 15. | Volleyball | Men’s Classification 5th-6th |
| 16. | Wushu | Women’s 52Kg Quarterfinal |
| 17. | Swimming | Women’s 100m Freestyle Heat 2 |
| 18. | Swimming | Men’s 400m Individual Medley Heat 1 |
| 19. | Swimming | Women’s 200m Backstroke Heat 2 |
| 20. | Swimming | Women’s 400m Freestyle Heat 3 |
| 21. | Swimming | Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay Heat 1 |
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