PETALING JAYA: Mohd Ridzuan Puzi is on track for his second gold after storming into the men’s 100m T36 final at the Tokyo National Stadium.

The defending champion, fondly known as Dek Wan, came out tops in the second heat with 12.06.

He will be joined by second-placed Yang Yifei of China (12.10) and third-placed Russia’s Evgeni Shvetsov (12.26) in today’s final.

In the first heat, Australia’s James Turner showed why he was the best in the category when he broke Ridzuan’s 2016 Paralympics record of 12.06 with a superb time of 11.87.

Turner is also the world record holder with a time of 11.72.

It was also the fastest heat as China’s Deng Peicheng and Argentina’s Alexis Chavez also recorded sub-12 with their times of 11.88 and 11.91 respectively.

Based on their timings, it looks tough for the 34-year-old Ridzuan to get into medal contention. But he has done a sub-12 before, one of it being his personal best of 11.87s, which was recorded in the Para Asian Games three years ago in Jakarta.