Touseef wins cycling gold for Pakistan at Special Olympics
Athletes continue to make the nation proud with their superb performances in basketball, swimming and sprinting
Touseef not only won in cycling but also bagged gold in 10km road race at Long Beach. PHOTO COURTESY: SOP
LOS ANGELES:
Honour of the Day was for Special Olympian cyclist Touseeful Hasan who bagged gold in 10 kilometer race at Long beach , Los Angles in the Special Olympics World Games on Friday.
Read: Racing through: Special Olympians make the country proud
Touseef's timing was 22:58:90 as silver medallist Albalooshi Moosa of UAE was only less than two seconds behind with 23:00:16. Bronze went to special Olympian Rignaakos Georgios of Greece.
Six cyclists competed in this division competition.
Read: Special Olympics World Games: Pakistan’s medal tally goes up to 18
Saira Ikram bagged the silver medal for Pakistan in the 100 metre-sprint with a time of 00:18:39. The gold went to Verrissoun Fatima Zahara of Morroco with 00:17:62.
The swimmer Asim Zar, gold medallist of 100-metre, added another feather in his cap by coming second in 50-meter freestyle with an impressive timing of 00:58:73.
In traditional basketball pre-final competition, Pakistan played a cliff hanger against Poland and emerged on top to win the match with a score of 20-17. The performer of the match was Pakistan’s Muhammad Usman who got the basket six times.
In football 5-a-side event, Pakistan is now out of Gold medal race as it lost in the semi-final and will be playing for third on Saturday morning.
Honour of the Day was for Special Olympian cyclist Touseeful Hasan who bagged gold in 10 kilometer race at Long beach , Los Angles in the Special Olympics World Games on Friday.
Read: Racing through: Special Olympians make the country proud
Touseef's timing was 22:58:90 as silver medallist Albalooshi Moosa of UAE was only less than two seconds behind with 23:00:16. Bronze went to special Olympian Rignaakos Georgios of Greece.
Six cyclists competed in this division competition.
Read: Special Olympics World Games: Pakistan’s medal tally goes up to 18
Saira Ikram bagged the silver medal for Pakistan in the 100 metre-sprint with a time of 00:18:39. The gold went to Verrissoun Fatima Zahara of Morroco with 00:17:62.
The swimmer Asim Zar, gold medallist of 100-metre, added another feather in his cap by coming second in 50-meter freestyle with an impressive timing of 00:58:73.
In traditional basketball pre-final competition, Pakistan played a cliff hanger against Poland and emerged on top to win the match with a score of 20-17. The performer of the match was Pakistan’s Muhammad Usman who got the basket six times.
In football 5-a-side event, Pakistan is now out of Gold medal race as it lost in the semi-final and will be playing for third on Saturday morning.