Islamabad/Lahore/Karachi: Pakistan’s 85-member squad of special players reached Pakistan with 57 medals including gold, silver and bronze late on Monday after showing brilliant performance in the Athens Special Olympics World Games.
Hundreds of supporters reached at the Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi airports to paid tribute to their special players performed brilliantly in the Special Olympics. Pakistan got 17 gold medals, 27 silver medals and 13 bronze medals in the special games.
Pakistan’s Adeel Ameer won three gold medals including one gold medal in 100 meters race and was declared world’s fastest special man. While Bakhtawar Gul won two gold medals and was declared world’s fastest special woman.
Some 7,500 special players and 25,000 volunteers of 180 countries participated in the Athens Special Olympics, was held in Greece.
Out of the 85 special players, 18 reached at Benazir International Airport, Islamabad: 12 at Allama Iqbal International Airport and 55 at Jinnah International Airport Karachi.
