Pakistani Olympians’ disappointing show continued on the second day as swimmers Ahmed Durrani and Jehanara Nabi failed to qualify for the next round of men’s and women’s 200-metre freestyle heats at the 2024 Olympics in France on Sunday.
National record holder Durrani clocked a 1:58.67 to finish fourth in his heat and last overall, splitting 26.62, 29.21, 31.06 and 31.78.
He failed to match his previous best time of 1 minute and 55 seconds over 27.15, 29.33, 29.94 and 29.26 at the Malaysian Age Group Championships.
On the other hand, the 16-year-old Jehanara finished 26th out of 30. She was 15 seconds slower than the fastest qualifier from Australia.
On day 1 of the Games, Pakistani shooters Gulfam Joseph and Kashmala Talat failed to qualify for the finals of the men’s and women’s 10 m air pistol event.
Gulfam managed to accumulate 571 points across five series, falling just 6 short of the qualification threshold of 577. He finished at the 22nd spot out of 33 shooters participating in the event from across the world.
In the Women’s 10 m air pistol competition, Kashmala Talat accumulated 567 points across six series of shootings.
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