KUALA LUMPUR: The year 2017 will best be remembered by Malaysia's outstanding achievement of finishing top of the Kuala Lumpur Sea Games medals tally with a record gold medal haul. Ziyad Zolkefli is the first para athlete to win a medal at Sea Games. Meanwhile, Malaysia's hopes for a long-awaited Olympic gold medal in 2020 were raised by world titles in two Olympic events. Azizulhasni Awang shows the gold medal he won at the World Track Championships in Hong Kong in April. While the national Under-22's run to the Sea Games final captured the imagination of fans, the senior national squad had little reason to be cheerful.

Source: New Strait Times December 30, 2017 04:07 UTC