Babar Azam announces 2 million reward prize money for CWG gold medalist Nooh Dastagir Butt
Babar Azam announces a 2 million reward prize for gold medalist Nooh Dastagir Butt
Aug 5, 2022, 20:29 IST
In the recent turn of events, Pakistan secured a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022. Nooh Dastagir Butt set a record for the 109+kg division by grabbing 173 kg, and straight and jerking 232 kg. In total, Butt lifted 405 kg, which is a record for CWG 2022. Appreciating the athlete, the Pakistan team's captain Babar Azam announced a 2 million reward prize money.
2 million prize money
Not only Babar but others across the nation were proud of the weightlifter's achievement. Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister, praised Nooh Butt via Twitter for his achievement in CWG 2022. This is the country's second gold medal in the weightlifting category. For Pakistan in the 85 kg division in 2006, Shujauddin Malik took home the gold medal. So far in the competition as of August 4, Pakistan has 2 medals. One of them is gold and another one bronze.