KARACHI, Sept 30: Pakistan’s top two swimmers, Lianna Swan and Anum Bandey, returned from the recently-concluded 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games in Indonesia with plenty to celebrate about.

Competing in very competitive environment and against elite international swimmers, both girls made the finals in four of the five events they entered in.

Lianna Swan bettered the national record in the women’s 200m breaststroke with a new time of 02:54.86 and swam in the final eight of the 200m individual medley and the 100m breaststroke.

Anum Bandey was placed an impressive overall fifth in the finals of the women’s 400m individual medley and made the final eight of the 200 individual medley.

Congratulating the swimmers, secretary general of the Pakistan Swimming Federation (PSF) Veena Masud said that PSF was proud to see that despite the many hurdles created in their way, the girls were able to participate and represent the world’s second largest Islamic state with respect and dignity in the swimming events in Indonesia.