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Hoor, a student of Karachi Grammar School, is currently undergoing training with world champion American swimmer Michael Phelps. -AP Photo

KARACHI: Talented swimmer Hoor Asrar Rauf, the youngest record holder of national breaststroke competition in Pakistan and the recepient of the ‘Best Swimmer of the Year Award’ was recently honoured by the Government of Sindh for her extra-ordinary performance in the sport. Dr Mohammad Ali Shah, the Provincial Sports Minister, announced the award for Hoor Asrar in a function at the Marriot Hotel.

The award was specially recommended by a panel of renowned sportsmen and dignitaries. Hoor, a student of Karachi Grammar School, is currently undergoing training with world champion American swimmer Michael Phelps in his celebrated Club, NBAC at Baltimore, USA.

In 2010, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani also awarded Hoor with an Achievement Award and the young swimmer is Pakistan’s main hope in the next year’s Olympic Games 2012 in London.—Agencies

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