The 28th Boys and 23rd Girls National Age Group Swimming Championships are currently underway in Lahore, where several national records have already been broken.
The event showcases young swimming talent from across Pakistan, with participants competing in four age groups: 10 and under, 12 and under, 14 and under, and 16 and under.
Among the standout performers is Zayaan Ali Khan from Team Punjab, who made history by setting a new national record in the under-10 category for the 50-meter backstroke with a time of 40.73 seconds, earning a gold medal. Zayaan is the son of renowned anchorperson Mansoor Ali Khan, a former champion swimmer and former Secretary of the Punjab Swimming Association.
In the same age group, Mustafa Maqbool from Sindh also set national records in the boys 10 and under category, clocking 31.60 seconds in the 50m freestyle and 1:12.88 in the 100m freestyle.
In the boys 12 and under category, Aban Kashif from Punjab set a national record in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 3:01.96, while his brother, Dayyan Kashif, set a new record in the boys 14 and under 200m breaststroke, finishing in 2:40.87. Syed Muhammad Daniyal Hatim from the Army team also set a record in the boys 16 and under 200m freestyle, completing the race in 2:01.46. Additionally, Team Punjab set a new national record in the boys 16 and under 4x100m medley relay, finishing in 4:29.69.
In the girls’ events, Zoya Omair Kazi from Sindh set two national records in the girls 12 and under category, with times of 2:53.62 in the 200m individual medley and 3:12.49 in the 200m breaststroke. Hareem Malik, also from Sindh, broke two national records in the girls 16 and under category, achieving 5:47.79 in the 400m individual medley and 2:58.91 in the 200m breaststroke.