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OLYMPICS - Para Olympics 23 Jun, 2023

World Special Games: Faiza and Naheen clinch golds in Badminton
World Special Games: Faiza and Naheen clinch golds in Badminton

Sports Bulletin Report

Berlin (Germany): Pakistan's Faiza Nasir and Naheen Khan lifted the gold medals in the Women's Badminton Doubles Unified discipline of the ongoing 16th Special Olympic World Games in Berlin Germany on Friday.

In the badminton event played at Messe Berlin, Pakistani players won the gold medal by 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 this occasion, Faiza Nasir and Naheen Khan said:

“We are very happy that our hard work paid off and we were able to win a gold medal for our country. Our coaches played an important role in our success. We will try our best to maintain this streak of success in future events as well.”

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. However, Pakistan suffered a defeat against Hong Kong by the margin of 16-21 and 18-21. 

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