Wong Kar Gee delivered Malaysia’s sixth gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games after winning the men’s long jump T12 event.
KUALA LUMPUR: Wong Kar Gee won Malaysia’s sixth gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games after triumphing in the men’s long jump T12 (visual impairment) event today.
The 35-year-old bettered his previous best at the Games, a silver medal in the same event at the 2018 edition in Jakarta-Palembang.
Competing at the Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium in Nagoya, the Kota Kinabalu-born athlete leapt 6.74 metres on his second attempt to secure his first gold medal at the Games.
Uzbekistan’s Sevinchbek Khusanov took silver with 6.54m, while Japan’s Daiki Ishiyama claimed bronze with a jump of 6.48m.
Meanwhile, Mohd Arman Rosli missed out on a medal in the men’s long jump T36 (physical impairment), finishing fourth with a best effort of 5.27m.
China’s Yang Yifei won gold with 5.60m, while Uzbekistan’s Doston Kahhorov and Izzat Turgunov took silver and bronze with 5.42m and 5.33m respectively.