Perfect without practice

E-Paper | June 12, 2026

The opening day of Pakistan’s 31st National Games swimming competition saw five golds snapped up. The remaining ten were accounted for in the next few days, all by one swimmer, Kiran Khan. Her record-breaking performance which saw her win 12 individual and three team golds easily outshone her title ‘Golden Girl’ with which she was christened in 2001. -Text by Tabinda Najam Siddiqi, photos courtesy Kiran Khan

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Bilal Burki

Jan 04, 2011 11:17pm

Good for her! And she is pretty too.

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Sibte Haider

Jan 05, 2011 09:54am

KEEP IT UP WE AS APAKISTANI PROUD OF YOU .KEEP OUR FLAG HIGH INSHALLAH MAY GOD GIVES YOU MORE SUCCESS AMEN.YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PROUD PAKISTANI.INSHALLAH YOU WILL BE CROWNED BEST SWIMMER OF WORLD AMEN

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Hyder Ali Pirwany

Jan 05, 2011 02:05pm

Well done. You are the pride of Pakistan.

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Amin

Jan 05, 2011 02:41pm

Great... Proud to be Pakistani... keep up the good work

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Zubia jamil

Jan 05, 2011 03:03pm

Great work KIran! we need more courageous and hardworking girls like you in Pakistan. We are proud of you.

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Shery

Jan 05, 2011 03:07pm

Congrats. May you have more success :)

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Sajid

Jan 06, 2011 02:34am

wao congratulation!!! yes indeed she is pretty! :)

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Fawad

Jan 06, 2011 03:14am

Mashallah. Talented and beautiful == Kiran Khan.

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pervez shamim

Jan 06, 2011 05:26am

Proud of you. Our Pakistani girls make the nation more proud than our boys. Work hard and you can build this country and bring good name to our country.

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Nasreen

Jan 06, 2011 09:00am

Hats off to you girl!!!you have definitely made Pakistan proud..God bless you

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Lt Col (R) Javed Akh

Jan 06, 2011 10:42am

Well Done Kiran, Keep it up. We are proud of you . Keep working hard as I want to see WORLD number ONE.. Best of Luck to you.

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Awais

Jan 08, 2011 05:17pm

good for you .. :-) .. keep it up ..

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Blognostic

Jan 09, 2011 05:22am

We wish her all the best. :)

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Dr. Abdul Jabbar

Jan 09, 2011 05:33am

Well Congrates , Kiran .. But strange ! Media did not come up forward for her like they did for Naseem Hameed.

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F Ahmed

Jan 11, 2011 05:01am

Excelling in sports is one of the best ways to raise the profile of Pakistan globally. It is even more encouraging to see our women at the forefront! Well done Kiran! I hope to see you competiting in the olympics and making us all proud!

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