Siti Noor Iasah Mohamad Ariffin grabbed Malaysia’s second medal at the ongoing INAS Global Games in Brisbane.
The Johorean won a bronze medal in the women’s 400m T20 Class with a time of 59.76s.
Earlier, Siti had won Heat 4 in a time of 1:01.09 to qualify for the semi-finals. In the semi-finals she had clocked 1:00.96 to be best qualifier going into the final.
While she continued to improve her time, it was Indonesian Sesa Elvin who clinched the gold in 59.58 ahead of Japan’s Aimi Toyoma.
Zulkifly Abdullah had given Malaysia their first medal, a gold in the long jump T20 event.
The Kedahan soared to a personal best of 6.84m to improve on the 6.55m he did at the Asian Para Games in Jakarta last year.
Zulkifly made a 6.54m jump in the heats to qualify ahead of his rivals. Chala Espinazo Robe of Equador took the silver in 6.67m while Kanta Kokubo of Japan the bronze with a 6.49m effort.
HOW THE OTHERS FARED
ATHLETICS
Mohamad Nasharuddin (Men 400m T20)
Failed to finish the finals after qualifying fifth fastes from the semis with a time of 50.61.
Muhamad Nur Ibrahim (Men 800m T20)
Missed out on the finals after finishing 10th overall in the Heats. He was sixth fastest in Heat 3 in a time of 2:05.27.
Nani Shahiera binti Zawawi (Women Long Jump T20)
Finished 5th in the finals with a best leap of 4.91m
SWIMMING
Zadrian Zhi Weng Chan
Men Freestyle 50m II1: Clocked 26.99s in the Heats to finish 11th fastest.
Men 100m Freestyle II1: Finished 16th overall in 59.06
Men 200m Freestyle II1: Finished 21st fastest in the Heats in 2:17.29
Men 400m Free II1: Finished 11th in the Heats in a time of 4:46.55
Men 1500m Freestyle II1: Finished 9th fastes in the Heats in 18:52.13
Men 50m Backstroke II1: Finished 8th in the Heats in 31.19. Impoved his time to 30.91 in the Finals but still finished eighth.
Men 100m Backstroke II1: Finished 13th fastest in the Heats in 1:09.50
Men 200m Backstroke II1: Finished 10th fastest in the Heats with a time of 2:34.86
Ethan Khoo Yin Jun
Men 50m Freestyle II1: Clocked 27.32s in the Heats as the 14th fastest swimmer
Men 100m Freestyle II1: Finished 14th in the Heats in a time of 58.62
Men 200m Freestyle II1: Finished 16th in Heats in a time of 2:09.49
Men 400m Freestyle II1: Finished 5th in a time of 4:36.18
Men 100m Backstroke II1: Finished 11th fastest in the Heats in 1:08.81, missing out on final with 10th fastest qualifier Spains Fernan Labrador ahead in 1:08.65
Men 50m Backstroke II1: Clocked 31.91 to finish 11th overall in the Heats
Men’s 100m Breaststroke II1: Fnished 28th in 1:35.09
Chung Wei Yoong
Men 1500m Freestyle II1: 12th overall in the Heats in 20:00.29
Men 200m Individual Medley II1: Finished 14th overall in the Heat with a time of 2:31.46
Men’s 100m Breaststroke II1: Finished 11th overall in the Heats in 1:15.96
Men 200m Butterfly II1: Finished 18th overall in the Heats in 29.64
Mohd Adib Iqbal bin Abdullah
Men’s 100m Breaststroke II1: Qualified for the finals in 1:14.73. Improved n the time with a 1:14.61
Men 200m Freestyle II1: 22nd overall in the Heats with a time of 2:18.37
Men 200m Butterfly II1: 22nd overall in the Heats with a time of 29.87
Anas Zul Amirul Sidi
Men 50m Backstroke II1: 13th overall in the Heats in 32.29
Men 200m Butterfly II1: Qualified for the finals with a time of 27.94
Men 50m Butterfly II1: Finished eighth in the Final in 27.81
Men 100m Freestyle II1: 11th overall in the Heats in 57.94
Men 100m Butterfly II1: 14th overall in the Heats in 1:03.25
Relay
Men 4×50 Freestyle II1: Malaysia finshed sixth in 1:47.57
Men 4×100 freestyle II1: Malaysia finished 10th in the Heats in 4:24.62
TABLE TENNIS
Jennahtul Fahmi bin Ahmad Jennah and Mohd Hazlin bin Abdullah
Failed to get past the round robin competitions
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