KARACHI: The Pakistan squad comes bearing 56 medals as they return to the country today after a successful run at the recently-concluded Special Olympics Summer Games 2011 in Athens, Greece. Pakistan bagged 17 gold medals, 25 silver and 14 bronze medals while competing in a week-long event that featured 7,500 athletes from 180 countries around the world.
The 82-member contingent participated in eight sports including athletics, aquatics, badminton, basketball, bocce, cycling, football and table tennis.
Glad to see this news report. This is truly a momentous occasion for Pakistan. I wrote about it when the news first came out, do check it out at the following link:
http://yello.pk/blog/twisted17/special-olympics-the-unsung-heroes/33948