KARACHI: Pakistan’s Special Olympics contingent finished their campaign with an impressive tally of 34 medals — 13 gold, 11 silver, 10 bronze — in eight disciplines as the Summer Special Olympics World Games 2015 ended in Los Angeles on August 2, according to sources.
The cyclists were the most impressive of the lot, winning 11 medals in total.
Uzma Yousuf and Tauseef Hassan secured two gold medals each, in Time Trial and Road Race respectively, and one gold each was secured by Sumbal Yousuf and Salman Siddiqui in the Time Trial event. Meanwhile, Mehmoona Hussain and Khadija Irfan won a silver and bronze each in the same event, and Salman also secured a bronze in Time Trial.
In swimming, Asim Zar won gold and silver in 100m and 50m Freestyle races respectively, while Aqsa Janjua won gold in 50m Backstroke and silver in the 50m Freestyle race, sources informed.
