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Pakistan’s Rabia Saeed got a gold medal in women’s singles badminton. -File Photo

KARACHI: It was medals galore for Team Pakistan, competing in the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece, on Friday.

Pakistan’s Rabia Saeed got a gold medal in women’s singles badminton as did Bakhtawar Gul in the 100m race.

Meanwhile, Ayesha Iftikhar and Sakhawat Ali picked up silver medals in the 100m and 200m races, respectively.

Bilawal Aslam, who already has a gold in 1,000m/1km time trial cycling, and a bronze in 10km road race, won another bronze medal in 5km time trial cycling along with teammate Nazeer Ahmed.— Agencies

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