KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia achieved their six-gold target at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games following long jumper Wong Kar Gee's victory in Nagoya today.
The Sabahan won the men's T12 event with a leap of 6.74 metres at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium.
Uzbekistan's Sevinchbek Khusanov took silver with 6.54, while Japan's Daiki Ishiyama settled for bronze with 6.48.
At the Nagoya City General Gymnasium, swimmer Abd Halim Mohammad claimed silver in the men's 100m breaststroke SB8 after clocking 1:14.45s.
China's Xu Haijiao won gold in 1:12.80, while compatriot Li Ting took bronze in 1:16.56.
Shahafiq Abdullah added a bronze in the men's 100m breaststroke SB7, finishing in 1:36.41.
Indonesia's Abdil Majid Rahman took gold in 1:20.26, while China's Zhang Yilong claimed silver in 1:21.98.
In field events, Eddy Bernard secured silver in the men's combined T44/62/64 long jump, scoring 740 Raza points with a leap of 6.34m.
India's T64 athlete Solairaj Dharmaraj won gold with an Asian record score of 807 points from a 7.15m jump.
Japan's Yuma Tamaki finished third with 726 points after jumping 6.89m, placing behind T44 competitor Eddy under the Raza scoring system, which calculates performance across classifications.
The national contingent targeted six gold, 10 silver, and 18 bronze medals from their 73 athletes. Malaysia's current standings sit at six gold, six silver, and 10 bronze.
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