Pakistani athletes land in Karachi after Special Olympics World Games success
Pakistani athletes, in total, won 65 medals in the competition
March 23, 2019
KARACHI: A group of Pakistani athletes who made the nation proud at the Special Olympics World Games 2019, held in Abu Dhabi from March 14 to 21, returned to their homeland Friday night to a warm welcome at the Jinnah International Airport.
Pakistani athletes, in total, won 65 medals in the competition. These comprise 19 gold medals, 27 silver, and 19 bronze ones across 10 different sports.
Shumaila Rubab bagged a gold medal in the 200-metre race.
Maham Zehra won gold in the 2-km cycling event.
Imran Ghaffar bagged gold in the 2-km and 5-km cycling events.
Hur Mushtaq claimed gold in the 1500m race.
A team of Hur Mushtaq, Noman Riaz, Ammar Shahid, and Zohib Shahid also won gold in 4x100m race.
Ammar Shahid won another gold medal in high jump.
Farzana Rehmat bagged two gold medals, in the short put and long jump.
Samreen Fazal won 500m cycling gold.
Amber Ikhlaq bagged gold in 3000m athletics.
Pakistan's men's football seven-a-side team bagged gold as well.
Muhammad Affan and Imran Arif bagged a total of eight medals in powerlifting: the former took home four silver medals, whereas the latter four medals, including a gold and bronze each and two silver.
Pakistan's tennis team — Faisal Khan and Sajida Bibi — bagged gold in singles, while the doubles team of Sajida Bibi and Eraj won another gold.
The duo of Hina Arif and Nimra Tariq and Muhammad Anas and Muhammad Faraz won gold medals in Bocce doubles.
