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Heroes: Pakistan’s Special Olympics performance at a glance

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By Web Desk Published August 5, 2015 3 Min Read
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Pakistan’s Special Olympics heroes bagged 35 medals at the 2015 Los Angeles Games, which concluded on Sunday.

The 55-member Pakistan contingent participated in 9 disciplines and won medals in 8, with Cycling bringing in as many as six gold medals.

Here’s a detailed breakdown of Pakistan’s performance at the Games:

(A medal in a doubles and team event counts as one)

Athletics

Marvi Azher – 400m run (Bronze)

Nayab Bibi – 200m run (Bronze)

Nadir Hussain – 100m run (Silver)

Saira Ikram – 100m run (Silver)

Amna Irshad – Long jump (Silver)

Email Irshad – 200m run (Gold)

Amjad Khan – Long jump (Silver)

Mohammad Waseem – Long jump (Bronze)

Aquatics

Aqsa Ahmed Janjua – 50m backstroke (Gold) – 50m freestyle (Silver)

Asim Zar – 100m freestyle (Gold) – 50m freestyle (Silver)

Badminton

Jahanzaib Iqbal – Singles (Gold) Ume Salma Tayyab – Singles (Gold)

Jahanzaib Iqbal and Ume Salma Tayyab – Mixed doubles (Gold)

Basketball

Silver medals were won by Basketball team and Unified Basketball Team (a combined team of athletes with and without intellectual disabilities)

Basketball team

Hamza Abbasi, Mohammad Adeel, Mohammad Azam, Shaheer Hayat, Saddam Khan, Akhtar Khattak, Abdul Memon, Usman Mohammad, Waheed Rehman, Mohammad Usman, Mohammad Zahid

Basketball unified team

Mohammad Sheheryar Awan, Ali Hassan, Moiz Hussain, Osama Javaid, Mohammad Khan, Ahmed Mukaty, Hammad Nauman, Noman Saghir, Mohammad Shaukat, Mohammad Tambawalla

Cycling

Tauseef Hassan – 10k Road race (Gold) – 5k Road race (Gold)

Mehmona Hussain – 500m Time trial (Silver) – 1k Time trial (bronze)

Khadija Irfan – Cycling 500m Time trial (Silver) – Cycling 1K Time trial (bronze)

Salman Siddiqui – Cycling 2K Time trial (Gold) – Cycling 500m Time trial (bronze)

Uzma Yousaf – Cycling 1K Time trial (Gold) – Cycling 2K Time trial (Gold)

Sumbal Yousuf – Cycling 2K Time trial (Gold)

Football

Five-a-side team (bronze)

Tahir Hammad, Imran Hussain, Elizer Iqbal, Jehangir Khan, Sheheryar Riaz, Mohammad Saleem, Sajid Shah, Mohammad Syed,

Table tennis

Mohammad Arham and Faisal Khursheed – Doubles (Silver)

Faisal Khursheed and Ruqia Latif – Mixed doubles (Bronze)

Ruqia Latif – Singles (Bronze)

Tennis

Ahsan Anwer and Mohammad Qayyum – Double (Gold)

Ahsan Anwer – Singles (Bronze)

Mohammad Qayyum – Singles (Silver)

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