Emulating The Bushido spirit of owning up
Honour may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power. – Ishida Mitsunari, samurai and military commander I was beyond the moon when Ziyad Zolkefli threw the shot put to a Paralympics world record of 17.94m in the Tokyo Games on August 31. Considering that Ziyad is an athlete with intellectual impairment, […]
WPA reject Malaysia’s appeal on men’s shot put F20 result
TOKYO: Malaysia received bad news when World Para Athletics (WPA) rejected its appeal on the men’s shot put F20 (intellectual impairment) result in Tokyo Paralympic Games, last night. National athlete Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli who broke the world record twice and would have won the gold in the event was classified as Did Not Start (DNS) […]
Jaganathan optimistic Paralympian charges can win three medals
KUALA LUMPUR: National para-athletics chief coach R. Jaganathan is optimistic that his charges will bring back at least three medals from the Tokyo Paralympics, which will be held from Aug 24 to Sept 5. After leading his charges to win three gold medals at the Rio Paralympics in 2016, the country’s best ever outing in […]
