Pakistan gained a complete of 10 gold medals in the 16th special Olympics global games, which concluded on Sunday in Berlin.
The quantity of golds in Pakistan’s kitty multiplied after bicycle owner Safeer Abid clinched one within the 10km time trial race at some point of the video games’ biking occasion. He finished the 10km distance in 23 mins and 02.02 seconds.
This changed into the primary time that Safeer, who hails from Karachi, has participated within the world video games. The cyclist had been getting ready for the special sporting occasion for the reason that ultimate two years, he said.
“i have the ardour to win greater medals for Pakistan in the upcoming global events,” Safeer stated.
Within the 500m time trial race, Madeeha Tahir of Pakistan received the silver medal through masking the gap in 1 minute and 14.15 seconds, while Amina Arshad received the bronze medal by way of overlaying the space in 1 minute and sixteen.82 seconds.
Within the very last of the futsal event, Oman gained the gold medal through defeating Pakistan by 6-3 goals. Pakistan completed 2d with the silver medal.
Pakistan stood fourth in ladies’s doubles, guys’s singles and unified men’s doubles of the tennis occasion.
Inside the Bocce group event, Pakistan’s Mahnoor, Simran Mahesh Lal, Jamilur Rahman and Farhan Aslam gained the silver medal after defeating Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Farhan Aslam received the bronze medal in guys’s singles, and Mahnoor received the bronze medal in ladies’s singles.
In advance, Pakistan’s Muhammad Luqman and Habibullah clinched gold medals to growth the u . S .’s gold medals tally.
Luqman bagged gold within the 100m race by means of clocking 15.21 seconds of timing. He additionally won a silver medal in the lengthy bounce.
Meanwhile, in powerlifting, Habibullah received gold in the eighty three kilogramme deadlift. He additionally won silvers in squat, bench press and blended weight.
Mirwaiz received silver within the 3,000m race. He completed the space in ten minutes and eleven seconds.
Pakistan’s hockey group won bronze by means of beating Paraguay 3-2 in the game for 0.33 region. This is the first time that Pakistan is proposing in hockey.
