Special Olympics: Pakistan wins two gold medals in cycling event

Islamabad: Pakistan's Usman Qamar and Zainab Ali Raza on Saturday won gold medals in the cycling event of the 16th Special Olympic World Games in Berlin, Germany.

Usman Qamar completed the time trial 2km race in 5 minutes and 2.12 seconds while Zainab Ali Raza completed the distance of 2 km in 6 minutes 49.29 seconds.

Faiza, Naheen win Gold medals in Badminton Doubles

Pakistan's Faiza Nasir and Naheen Khan won the gold medal in the Badminton Women's Doubles Unified event of the ongoing 16th Special Olympic World Games at Berlin, Germany.

In the badminton event played at Messe Berlin, Pakistani players won the gold medal defeating Uzbekistan by 21-5 and 21-17 points, Malaysia by 21-14 and 21-6 and Kyrgyz Republic by 21-12 and 21-13.

On the occasion, Faiza Nasir and Naheen Khan said that we are very happy that our hard work paid off and we were able to win a gold medal for our country.

Meanwhile, in the men's unified doubles event of Badminton, Pakistan's Noshiwan Arif Raja and Talha Asif won the silver medal after defeating Paraguay 21-18 and 21-12 and Macau by 21-12 and 21-16.