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Muhammad Luqman of Pakistan won the gold medal in the 100m race of the Special World Games Athletics. Muhammad Luqman completed the distance of 100m race in 15.21 seconds. Muhammad Luqman also won the silver medal by taking the second position in the long jump.
While Pakistan’s Mirwaiz won the silver medal in the 3000m race. He completed this distance in 10 minutes and 11 seconds. So far, Pakistan has won a total of 9 gold medals in the Special Olympics World Games here.
In powerlifting, Pakistan’s Habibullah won gold medal in deadlift in 83kg weight category. Besides, Habibullah won silver medals in squat, bench press and combined weight.
In the match played for the third place in the mixed field hockey event, Pakistan won the bronze medal by defeating Paraguay by 3-2 goals.
It should be noted that Pakistan has participated in the hockey event of the World Games for the first time.
In swimming 50m freestyle, Hasan Patel of Pakistan won the bronze medal by completing the distance in 1 minute and 03.93 seconds.
Pakistan’s Sadia Junaid won the silver medal in the women’s singles event of the tennis event
In the basketball event, Pakistan Unified Men won the bronze medal by defeating Pakistan Unified Mix.
Pakistan’s Faiza and Naheen win Gold in Badminton Doubles; Noshiwan and Arif grab Silver in Men’s Double
Pakistan’s Faiza Nasir and Naheen Khan won the gold medal in the Badminton Women’s Doubles Unified event of the ongoing 16th Special Olympic World Games.
In the badminton event played at Messe Berlin, Pakistani players won the gold medal by defeating Uzbekistan by 21-5 and 21-17 points, Malaysia by 21-14 and 21-6 and Kyrgyz Republic by 21-12 and 21-13.
On this occasion, Faiza Nasir and Naheen Khan said that we are very happy that our hard work paid off and we were able to win a gold medal for our country. Our coaches played an important role in our success.
We will try our best to maintain this streak of success in future events as well. Head coach Mutahir Sohail and coach Qamar Ali Mona of Faiza Nasir and Naheen Khan from Lahore said that both players have been preparing for the World Games for the past two years. They stayed busy in this regard, they also participated fully in the training camps organized by Special Olympics Pakistan in Karachi and Islamabad. Meanwhile, in the men’s unified doubles event of Badminton, Pakistan’s Noshiwan Arif Raja and Talha Asif won the silver medal after defeating Paraguay 21-18 and 21-12 and Macau by 21-12 and 21-16.
However, Pakistan suffered a defeat against Hong Kong by the margin of 16-21 and 18-21.
