Rayan, Azlan headline Pakistan’s efficiency at junior swim worlds with new nationwide information – Sport

Pakistan’s junior male swimmers tore via the nationwide report books as Rayan Awan and Azlan Sohail set new marks on the World Junior Swimming Championships in Romania, which concluded on Sunday.

Rayan clocked 30.87 within the Men’s 50m Breaststroke to smash the earlier report of 30.98 set by Abdul Aziz Chaudhry 17 years in the past. To put it into perspective, the report was set earlier than Rayan was even born. He completed 58th out of 86 swimmers within the breaststroke dash.

Azlan can safely name himself the junior medley king after smashing the Under-16 nationwide information in each the 200m and 400m Individual Medley.

He swam a 2:14.18 within the 200m IM to obliterate the earlier report of two:20.22 set by Ahmed Durrani, who represented Pakistan on the Paris 2024 Olympics final yr. Azlan completed forty seventh out of 73 swimmers within the heats.

Azlan then went 4:54.68 within the 400m IM to smash the age group report of 4:57.86 set by Amaan Siddiqui in 2022.

The 16-year-old had a mammoth lineup of 10 occasions starting from sprints to mid-distance, however he delivered in each single race. He clocked 26.72 within the 50m Butterfly to complete eightieth out of 116 swimmers.

Compatriot Ali Mitha completed 61st in the identical occasion with a time of 25.95. The duo battled it out within the 100m Freestyle as nicely, with Azlan clocking a 54.73 to complete 93rd forward of Ali at 104th with a 55.55.

The duo, alongside Hareem Malik and Meher Maqbool, set a brand new nationwide report of 04:10.45 within the Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay, in keeping with official information launched by World Aquatics.

Azlan swam a 1:00.10 within the 100m Butterfly and a pair of:24.10 within the 200m Butterfly to complete 73rd and forty fifth respectively. He clocked in at 4:21.61 within the 400m Freestyle on the opening day of the week-long competitors.

Ali swam a 25.06 within the 50m Freestyle to complete 81st out of 119 swimmers and a 27.38 within the 50m Backstroke: 27.38 to position forty third out of 87 swimmers.

The 18-year-old swam a 1:01.19 within the 100m Backstroke — the place he received there nationwide title final yr in 1:02.06 — to complete 52nd, whereas compatriot Mohid Sadiq Lone positioned 71 and clocked a 1:04.43.

Lone swam a 2:24.33 within the 200m Backstroke and a pair of:20.78 within the 200m IM. He capped off the final of his mid-distance swims with a 2:41.02 within the 200m Breaststroke simply forward of Rayan, who clocked in 2:41.71.

Aside from breaking a virtually two-decade outdated report, British-based Rayan swam a 1:10.06 within the 100m Breaststroke.

Over on the ladies’s facet, Hareem Malik has been dominating breaststroke and swam a 36.12 within the 50m occasion, the place she holds a nationwide report set finally yr’s junior nationwide championships.

She swam a 33.70 within the 50m Butterfly to complete 99th, whereas Fatima Salman, the staff’s youngest swimmer at simply 14 years of age, clocked 35.52. They went face to face within the 50m Freestyle too and it was as soon as once more Hareem who got here out on prime with a 30.71 whereas Fatima completed with a 32.68.

Fatima went 1:19.93 within the 100m Butterfly and a 2:55.91 within the 200m IM.

Meher Maqbool clocked 1:10.03 and a pair of:28.44 within the 100m and 200m Freestyle respectively. She swam a 35.69 within the 50m Backstroke and completed simply behind Raaqiah Aqeel with a 35.30. Meher then went 1:17.49 within the 100m — the place she claimed the title finally yr’s nationals — whereas Raaqiah swam a 2:53.37 within the 20m Backstroke.

The ladies’s quartet set two new information after they swam a 4:48.46 within the 4x100m Freestyle Relay to interrupt the earlier report of 4:49.55, and a 5:12.55 within the 4x100m Medley Relay to smash the earlier mark of 5:36.37.

All information have been confirmed to Dawn.com by the Pakistan Swimming Federation.