Pakistan_at_the_2008_Summer_Paralympics

Pakistan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Pakistan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Pakistan sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.[1] Haider Ali created history by winning a silver medal, the country's first at any Paralympics.[2] The delegation was also rocked by a doping scandal, when its powerlifter, Naveed Ahmed Butt was banned for testing positive, the first athlete at the games.[2]

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Medallists

The country won one medal, a silver.[3]

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Sports

Athletics

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Men's track

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Men's field

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Women's field

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Powerlifting

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Pakistan contingent in China Paralympics"[permanent dead link], Pakistan Daily, 2 September 2008
  2. [2]
    "Haider Ali proves there is life after the Olympic Games!" by Gul Hameed Bhatti, http://www.geosuper.tv/articles.asp?id=398 Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "Overall Medal Standings", official website of the Beijing Paralympics
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