PESHAWAR: Nayab Bibi, a young special athlete, who recently won a bronze medal in the 200-meter run in Special Olympics in Los Angeles, has dedicated her award to the victims of the Army Public School attack.

Talking to reporters at the press club here, Ms Bibi, who belongs to Maneral Payan village of Swabi, and whose right arm is paralysed by birth, said she was student of grade-Ill at a private school.

As the girl felt shyness to narrate her story, her father Sami-ul-Haq said her daughter was initially student of a religious seminary, but later she was admitted to a private school for special children where the students were encouraged to take part in sports activities.

Nayab Bibi, he said, had also taken part in competitions held in Islamabad and Karachi and won awards. He said she was the fourth athlete in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to have won a medal in the Los Angeles Special Olympics.

However, he complained that no elected government representative, except deputy commissioner Swabi, bothered to visit his residence to encourage the special athlete.