Pakistan win 17 golds in Special Olympics

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan hit the gold medal galore in the Special Olympics underway in Abu Dhabi as tally reached 17 with female unified gold in basketball Thursday.

Maham Ahmad, Safina Saif, Faiza Qayum, Zainab and Filza Farhan combined in to earn gold for the country in basketball.

Following is the detail of the medals:

Gold medals: Shumaila Rubab (200m race), Hur Mushtaq (1500m), Farzana Rehmat (shotput/jumping), Ammar Shahid (high jump), Amber Ikhlaq (3000m), Maham Zehra (cycling-2k), Imran Ghaffar (cycling-2k/5k), Samreen Fazal (cycling-500m), Imran Arif (powerlifting-squat), Faisal Khan (tennis-singles), Sajida Bibi (tennis-singles), Sajida Bibi Eraj (tennis-doubles-unified), Hina Arif (bocce-doubles), Nimra Tariq (bocce-doubles), Female Unified (basketball).

Silver medals: Human Aslam (cycling-2k), Amber Ikhlaq (1500m), Muhammad Affan (powerlifting-combined squat, bench press and deadlight & individual), Muhammad Siddiqui (swimming- 50m freestyle), Shanaz Munir (swimming- 50mfreestayle), Imran Arif (powerlifting-combined+deadlift), Talhaul Haq (table tennis-singles), Muhammad Zeeshan (3000m), Zohaib Ishfaq (100m), Wahaj Mirza (3000m), Noman Riaz (800m), Malaika Younas (long jump), Muhammad Yasir (cycling-5k), Gohar Reman Jansher Khan (tennis-double-unified), Mujtaba Kazmi (powerlifting-deadlift), Rizwan Shahid (powerlifting-combined squat, bench press and deadlift & individual).

Bronze medals: Humaira Kazim (200m), Malaika Younas (200m), Shumaila Rubab (shotput), Zohaib Ishfaq (shotput), Hur Mushtaq (400m), Humna Aslam (cycling-5k), Sadia Junaid (cycling-5k), Nimra Tariq (bocce-single), Hina Arif (bocce-single), Imran Arif (powerlifting-bench press), Asma & Ume Liaba (table tennis-unified), Gohar Rehman (tennis-singles), Faisal Khan Hassan (tennis-double-unified).