Pakistan bagged a total of 10 gold medals at the 16th Special Olympics World Games which concluded in Berlin on Sunday.
The number gold Cyclist Safir Abid boosted Pakistan’s kitty after a victory in the 10km time trial race during the cycling event of the Games. He covered the 10 km distance in 23 minutes 02.02 seconds.
Safir, who hails from Karachi, is participating in the World Games for the first time. He said the cyclist had been preparing for the special sports competition for the past two years. “I have more passion to win Medal for Pakistan in upcoming international events,” said Sephir.
In the 500m time trial race, Pakistan’s Madiha Tahir won the silver medal in 1 minute 14.15 seconds, while Amina Arshad won the bronze medal in 1 minute 16.82 seconds.
In the final of the futsal event, Oman defeated Pakistan 6-3 to win the gold. Pakistan is second with silver medal. Pakistan is ranked fourth in women’s doubles, men’s singles and unified men’s doubles tennis events.
In the Bocce team event, Pakistan’s Mahnoor, Simran Mahesh Lal, Jamilur Rahman and Farhan Aslam won the silver medal beating Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Farhan Aslam won the bronze medal in the men’s singles category and Mahnoor won the bronze medal in the women’s singles category.
Earlier, Pakistan’s Mohammad Luqman and Habibullah boosted the country’s gold by winning gold medals. number of medals.
Luqman won the gold in 100 meters with a time of 15.21 seconds. He also won silver medal in long jump.
Meanwhile, in powerlifting, Habibullah won gold in 83 kg deadlift. He also won silver in squat, bench press and combined weights.
Mirwaiz won silver in the 3000m race. He completed the distance in 10 minutes and 11 seconds. Pakistan’s hockey team won the bronze after defeating Paraguay 3-2 in the third-place match. This is the first time that Pakistan is playing hockey.
