ASTANA – Pakistani athlete Shajar Abbas Awan, known as the fastest man of Pakistan, has qualified for the semi-final of the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championship Astana 2023.
Shajar Abbas secured the second position in the Men’s 60m Heats. He completed his race in ‘6.78Q.
Qatari athlete Femi seun Ogunode stood first in this race as he completed the 60m race in ‘6.75Q.
Later, Shajar Abbas took to Twitter to announce his achievement. He tweeted that he has qualified for the semi-final by the grace of God.
Alhamdulilah Qualify to Semi final🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/LNi6TrIw7C
— Shajar Abbas شجر عباس اعوان (@shajarAwan786) February 11, 2023
Five Pakistani athletes are competing in the 10th Asian-Indoor Athletics Championship that began in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Friday.
The championship will continue for three days. Pakistani athletes Shajar Abbas, Sharoz Khan, Mohammad Imran, Uzair Rehman and Jaffar Ashraf are taking part in the championship.
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In August 2022, Shajar Abbas set a new national record in 200m by finishing first in his heats at the Islamic Solidarity Games.
Abbas clocked 20.68 to surpass his previous best of 20.87 which he achieved during XXXII Qosanov Memorial in Almaty.
Earlier, Shajar Abbas had set a national record of 100m by clocking 10.25 in Islamic Solidarity Games, in less than a week after clocking 10.38 in Birmingham during Commonwealth Games.
The Pakistani athlete finished first in his heat, followed by his countryman Mueed Baloch who clocked his personal best at 21.28. His previous personal best was 21.41.