Pakistani sprinter Shajar Abbas missed out on medals after finishing last in the final of 200m sprint in the ongoing Commonwealth Games.
He is the first Pakistani sprinter ever to qualify for the final of the men’s 200m in the event.
Abbas finished in the last place, eighth, in the final on Saturday while clocking 21.16 seconds.
The gold medal was bagged by Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago, while the Silver and Bronze went to England’s Zharnel Hughes and Ghana’s Joseph Paul Amoah, respectively.
Despite not winning a medal, Pakistani fans were extremely impressed with what Abbas achieved in the track and field event.
Earlier, Abbas had missed out on the 100m semi-finals by the barest of margins in the ongoing Commonwealth Games. Shajar Abbas equaled his personal best, 10.38 seconds, and finished in fourth place in men’s 100m heat on Tuesday. The cut off time for the qualification, apart from the top two in each heat, was 10.37 seconds which meant that Abbas missed out by only 0.01 seconds.
