17th Punjab Special Olympic Games concludes in Lahore

While addressing the closing ceremony, Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan vowed to hold regular sports events for special and disabled people in future. Deputy Director Hafeez Bhatti, Head of Special Monitoring Unit Fatima Zaidi and Vice-Chairman Special Olympics of Pakistan Aneesur Rehman were also present in closing ceremony.

Secretary Sports Punjab Muhammad Aamir Jan said that special and disabled people are important segment of our society but they are being neglected in one way or the other. “Through events like Punjab Special Olympic Games, we tried to make their presence felt in the society and we will continue our efforts in future as well,” he added.

Following are the results of the day

Deaf category boys

In 100m:

1. Hamid Jaffar
2. Ali Haider
3. Sammer Qudsi
   

In 200m:

1. Hamid Jaffar
2. Sammer Qudsi
3. Sohail Ahmed
   

Long jump:

1. Hamid Jaffar
2. Ali Haider
3. Sammer Qudsi
   

Blind category
In 25m:

1. M Ali
2. Adeel Bukhari
3. Basit Ahmed
   

In 100m:

1. Faizan
2. Umair
3. Majid
   

Long jump:

1. Osama
2. Moeez
3. Abdullah
   

Disabled category
In 100m:

1. Ashir Ali
2. Ahmed Shah
3. Talha
   

In 200m:

1. Ashir Ali
2. Ahmed Shah
3. Talha
   

In 50m wheelchair:

1. M Ashiq
2. Haroon
3. Ali Murtaza
   

Deaf category girls:

In 100m:

1. Nayab
2. Maimoona
3. Aysha Khadeeja
   

In 200m:

1. Aysha Khadeeja
2. Nayab
3. Khizra Saleem
   

Long Jump:

1. Mehwish
2. Fajar Noor
3. Maimoona
   

Blind category
In 25m:

1. Neesha
2. Tayyba Aziz
3. Tayyaba
   

In 100m:

1. Huma
2. Neesha
3. Aysha
   

Long jump:

1. Huma Ashraf
2. Neesha
3. Robeena Saleem
   

Disabled category
In 100m:

1. Aleesha
2. Zainab Siddique
3. Hina Khan
   

In 200m:

1. Zainab Siddique
2. Aleesha
3. Hina Khan
   

Rooma won the 50m wheelchair competition.