Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani disbursed the cash awards among the medal winners of the Special Olympics Games 2011 at PM House on Friday, the games were held at Athens, Greece few weeks back.
Pakistan special athletes claimed 17 gold 27 silver and 13 bronze medals in the mega sports showpiece of the world for special persons. The gold medal winners collected Rs 500,000, Rs300,000 received by silvers medal winners each while, the bronzes pocketed Rs 100,000.
Prime minister appreciated the performance of national lads and said that they were the hero of the whole national and they brought good name for the country among the other nations of the world. “Government will full support in future and provide all facilities to players to do more for the country,” he added.
As they have won fifty plus medals including gold, silver and bronze medals, for the country. This unique feat was never achieved in the country’s history as no one in the past won too much medals. During this unique feat, Adeel has emerged as the world’s fastest athlete and Mehwish has also set a new record. The people of Pakistan are proud of these national heroes, as the long awaited real recognition in sports has finally been achieved by our special athletes.
This will also inspire others to repeat the same feat. Despite the lack of opportunities and facilities, our boys and girls have once again shown the world that they are not far away from the rest of the world without having the facilities even closer to others but still with passion and enthusiasm they can give the run for their money to others.
