Tokyo Paralympics: Long jumper Abdul Latif seals Malaysia’s third gold medal

Tokyo Paralympics: Long jumper Abdul Latif seals Malaysia’s third gold medal

·2021-09-05 05:00

TOKYO: Defending champion Abdul Latif Romly rocked the athletics arena at the Olympic Stadium here today when he bagged his second Paralympic gold medal in the men’s long jump T20 (intellectual impairment) category at the Tokyo Paralympics.

The athlete, who hails from Perlis and who also won gold at the 2016 Rio edition, was in a class of his own to confirm Malaysia’s third gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics with his very first jump - leaping to a distance of 7.26-metre (m).

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