KUALA LUMPUR: Zuhairie Ahmad Tarmizi was an up-and-coming able-bodied soccer player, but a tragic accident while helping his family sell sugarcane juice changed his fortunes. Zuhairie made the best of his situation, and on Sunday, won gold for the nation at the Asean Para Games. When met after the race, Zuhairie was wiping his tears of joy, and dedicated the gold to his 7-month-old son Harith Amsyar, who fired his motivation. Zuhairie has three more medals to chase on Monday: the Road Race, 4,000 metre Individual Pursuit (C5) and Time-Trial (C5). Zuhairie clocked 1 minute 9.690s for the gold, while silver went to Philippine's Bucay Eustaquio Arthus and bronze to Indonesia's Sufyan Saori.

Source: New Strait Times September 17, 2017 10:52 UTC