Malaysia draws gold blank as Ziyad's Asian Para Games reign ends
Saudi Arabia's Ali Bader broke the Games record in men's F20 shot put, while Malaysia's medal count stood at six gold, eight silver and 13 bronze.
Malaysia failed to add a gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games as Ziyad Zolkefli's bid for a fourth straight men's F20 shot put title ended in defeat. The Malaysian contingent's overall haul reached six golds, eight silvers and 13 bronzes.
Ali Bader of Saudi Arabia took the title with 17.08 metres, replacing Ziyad's 16.94-metre Games record. Ziyad, 36, produced a best effort of 16.61 metres at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium. His previous titles came at Incheon 2014, Jakarta 2018 and Hangzhou 2022.
Bronze went to Malaysia's Aliff Awi, who threw 14.45 metres. In the women's F20 competition, Malaysian Siti Noraidah Suherman earned silver with 11.41 metres. Reina Hori of Japan won with an Asian record of 13.57 metres, ahead of bronze medallist Ravinia Carpena of the Philippines, who recorded 11.39 metres.
A table tennis bronze went to Jennahtul Fahmi Ahmad Jennah-Hazlin Abdullah in Class 22 men's doubles. Hong Kong pair Wan Wai Lok and Yuen King Shing defeated them 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 10-12.
In swimming, Malaysia's Nur Syaiful Zulkafli finished third in the S5 men's 100m freestyle with 1:17.30. Chinese swimmers took the top two places: Guo Jincheng won in 1:13.73 and Wang Lichao recorded 1:15.66 for silver.
