LAHORE: Sumaira Sattar, a former national women basketball player, completed the first three modules of the IOC-USA Olympics joint venture of the International Certification Educational Programme at Delaware University, USA and US Olympic Training Centre Colorado, on Friday.

This was announced in a press release issued by the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA).

The fourth and last module of this programme will be held at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne from April 26 to May 1, 2018.

“This is a matter of great honour for the Olympic family of Pakistan that out of four modules of the programme, Sumaira has successfully completed the first three modules,” read the POA release.

Published in Dawn, October 21st, 2017

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