LAHORE (Kashmir English): Eight Pakistani athletes will see their road to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games financially supported by the IOC Olympic Solidarity Scholarship as the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) announced the recipients on Friday.
Under the package, each athlete will get $13,500 per annum in scholarship through the IOC Olympic Solidarity Programme from September 2025 to August 2028 to support their preparation for Games.
Recipients include an Olympic champion
The recipients include Olympic champion and record holder Arshad Nadeem, who is the sole awardee from athletics.
The National Rifle Association of Pakistan saw the highest number of recipients, most notably Paris 2024 Olympian Kishmala Talat, who became the first Pakistani woman to directly qualify for the Olympics.
She is joined by Rabia Kabir, Sulaiman Khan, Muhammad Farrukh Nadeem and Imam Haroon.
Taekwondo athlete Fateemaah Tuz Zahraa Khawar and Table Tennis player Haiqa Hassan are among the recipients of the scholarship.
“These athletes continue to represent Pakistan with dedication, resilience, and excellence on their road to the LA28 Olympic Games,” POA said in a post on social media.
The program aims to provide assistance to national athletes, in particular those with the greatest need for it.
