KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is closer to their 10-gold target after earning three-gold medals in Day Two of para swimming at the National Aquatics Centre in Bukit Jalil, today. The three medals were contributed by Anas Zul Amirul Sidi Abdullah, Yoong Chung Wei and Jamery Siga in the men’s 100m freestyle S14, men’s 50m butterfly S14 and men’s 50m butterfly S5, respectively. Earlier in the day, Day Two of the competition saw Malaysia gain two silver medals from Jamery (men’s 200m freestyle S5) and Julius Jaranding (men’s 100m freestyle), who also won silver medal in the men’s 50m breaststroke SB13, yesterday. In addition to the three gold and two silver medals, aside from Zadrian and Syaiful’s bronze medals, James Wong also contributed a bronze medal in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB8 category, swimming to a time of one-minute 24.04s. Para swimming continues tomorrow as the athletes will vie for the 17-gold medals up on offer.

Source: New Strait Times September 19, 2017 06:33 UTC