Bangladesh bagged a total of 12 gold medals in the Special Olympics Summer World Games 2015 in Los Angeles, USA, that ended on Saturday.
Along with the gold, the Bangladesh Special Olympic team also earned 11 silver and eight bronze medals, including being the runners-up (silver) in the 11-a-side football after Great Britain beat them 8-6 in the final on the last day.
Bangladesh won the most number of gold medals in the badminton discipline, four, while athletics produced three gold, five silver and three bronze medals.
Two gold medals each were achieved from table tennis and bocce discipline while one came from swimming.
Sumon Khan and Abdul Kader Soron won two golds from athletics and badminton respectively while Parul Akter won a gold, silver and bronze in swimming.
The 2015 Games featured competitions in aquatics, gymnastics, track and field, basketball, football (soccer) and many
other summer sports involving 6,500
athletes with intellectual disabilities from around the world.