Haider Ali earns Pakistan’s first-ever gold medal in Paralympics

Haider Ali Paralympics

Haider Ali has earned Pakistan’s first-ever gold medal in Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games. He won the gold medal in Men’s discus throw competition.

According to media reports, the Pakistani player has threw a 55.26 metres throw in his fifth attempt out of the total six he made to score the best distance.

The silver medal was bagged by Zhabnyak of Ukraine with a 52.43 metres throw, while Brazilian Teixeira de Souza won bronze with a 51.86 throw.

Also read: Pakistan cricket team celebrates 23rd birthday of Shahnawaz Dahani

It is to be mentioned here that Haider belongs to Gujranwala and have a limb-length discrepancy by birth. His right leg is two inches thinner and one inch shorter than his left leg. He had won two medals earlier, a silver in Beijing and a Bronze in Rio in the long jump event for Pakistan.

Haider Ali has become the pride of the whole nation and everyone is showering love on him on social media including politicians, celebrities and people.

One thought on “Haider Ali earns Pakistan’s first-ever gold medal in Paralympics

Comments are closed.