{"id":13345,"date":"2021-07-08T11:55:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T11:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=13345"},"modified":"2021-07-08T11:55:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T11:55:13","slug":"poa-announces-pak-contingent-for-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/poa-announces-pak-contingent-for-tokyo-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"POA announces Pak contingent for Tokyo Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE,  Pakistan Olympic Association on Wednesday announced 22-member Pakistan contingent which will take part in Tokyo Olympic being held later this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c As many as 22 Athletes, Athlete Support Personnel, Officials and Medical Support Personnel will be part of the contingent which includes in particular two Covid Liaison Officers for point of contact between contingent, POA and organizers\u201d, said Muhammad Khalid Mahmood, Secretary, POA here. Apart from those joining from overseas, all the contingent of Pakistan has been vaccinated and have submitted their Vaccination Certificates to the POA, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The contingent details are as under with sports event, names of athletes, their date of departure for Japan,<br \/>\nAthletics, 200 M, Najma Parveen<br \/>\nAthlete 22 Jul, 2021 (Islamabad).<br \/>\nShagufta Noreen, Athlete Support Personnel ,<br \/>\nJavelin Throw, Arshad Nadeem<br \/>\nAthlete, Syed Fiaz Hussain Bokhari<br \/>\nAthlete Support Personnel , Badminton, women singles, Mahoor Shahzad<br \/>\nAthlete,16 Jul, 2021 (Islamabad), Wajid Ali Chaudhry, Athlete Support Personnel , Judo<br \/>\n-100KG, Shah Hussain Shah<br \/>\nAthlete , Athlete Support Personnel,<br \/>\n, Shooting , 10M Air Pistol , Gulfam Joseph, Athlete 16 Jul, 2021 (Islamabad), 25 M Rapid Fire Pistol<br \/>\nMuhammad Khalil Akhtar,<br \/>\nAthlete , Ghulam Mustafa Bashir<br \/>\nAthlete, Shooting Team , Muhammad Farrukh Nadeem<br \/>\nAthlete Support Personnel , Swimming ,<br \/>\n100 M Freestyle, Syed Muhammad Haseeb Tariq , Athlete , 16 Jul, 2021 (Islamabad) , Ahmed Ali Khan<br \/>\nAthlete Support Personnel , 50 M Freestyle , Bisma Khan<br \/>\nAthlete , Mubasharah Bano Raza<br \/>\nAthlete Support Personnel, Weightlifting<br \/>\n67 Kg , Talha Talib , Athlete<br \/>\nHafiz Imran Butt , Athlete Support Personnel.<br \/>\nFollowing are the contingent ,<br \/>\nChef De Mission ,<br \/>\nBrig Muhammad Zaheer Akhtar, Vice President POA,COVID Liaison Officer, Javaid Shamshad Lodhi, Rep of Olympic Sports POA (Shooting), COVID Liaison Officer \u2013 Doctor, Dr. Asad Abbas Shah, Secretary POA Medical Commission, Admin Official, Muhammad Nasir Ijaz Tung, Member POA HR &#038; Admin Committee.<br \/>\nPOA official said it is pertinent to add that POA have long been in contact with Pakistan Sports Board and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Embassy of Tokyo Japan for safe and secure arrangements for the contingent.<br \/>\n\u201c Our special thanks to the concerned National Sports Federation(s), Army, Navy, WAPDA, all the athletes and their coaches and officials for their support and cooperation enabling us to timely arrange their travelling arrangements and submission of Activity Plan at least thirty days before their departure. \u201c, said Khalid Mahmood adding, \u201cOur commendations and best wishes to IOC, Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, Government and People of Japan for organizing the Olympic Games in very difficult times of Covid-19 \u2013 unbelievable job is being done\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE, Pakistan Olympic Association on Wednesday announced 22-member Pakistan contingent which will take part in Tokyo Olympic being held later this month. \u201c As many as 22 Athletes, Athlete Support Personnel, Officials and Medical Support Personnel will be part of the contingent which includes in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8655,2307,1187],"class_list":["post-13345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-sports-news","tag-pak-contingent","tag-poa","tag-tokyo-olympics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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