Usman Qamar and Zainab Ali Raza of Pakistan won gold medals in the Special Olympics World Games 2023 being played in Germany.
Usman Qamar also won the gold medal in a cycling competition.
Qamar completed the distance of five km road race in seven minutes and 21.59 seconds. After the triumph, he said, “I had prepared hard for the World Games and I hoped that I would reach the victory stand but winning the gold medal is a dream come true. And I am also grateful to Special Olympic Pakistan who helped me a lot in my training and preparations”.
Usman Qamar, who belongs to Islamabad, further said that he has been cycling since 2016 and attended two campuses for the World Games.
Meanwhile, in the javelin men’s event of the 16th Special Olympic World Games of Athletics, Pakistan’s Umair Kayani won the gold medal with a throw of 38.81 meters, while Umaima Iftikhar of Pakistan won the silver medal with a throw of 10.47 meters in the women’s javelin event.
The 25-year-old national athlete Umair Kayani from Wah Cantt called Commonwealth Games gold medalist Arshad Nadeem his idol.
Umair’s Head Coach Irfan Anwar says that Umair is skilled in shot-put and javelin throwing since his early days and keeping this in mind for the World Games, his preparation has been going on for the past two years.
The Head Coach hoped he will continue his streak of good performances in the shot put as well in the future as well and will win more honors and laurels for the country.
The number of Golds for Pakistan is six now.
Pakistan’s Saif Ullah won two gold medals, one silver, and one bronze medal in the powerlifting category of the ongoing Special Olympics in Berlin.