Speedy Ridzuan is back in business with gold at World Grand Prix
BERNAMA07 Feb 2023 05:48pm
Para athlete Mohamad Ridzuan Puzi bagged a gold medal at the World Athletics Grand Prix in Tunisia yesterday.
Mohamad Ridzuan blitzed the competition with a time of 12.51s, a comfortable distance ahead of closest challenger Abdulsattar Challoob of Iraq, who took home the silver medal at 13.04s, while Anass Sikouk of Morocco took the bronze with a time of 13.69s at the Rades Sports Stadium in Tunis.
Another Malaysian athlete, Muhamad Afiq Mohamad ALi Hanafiah took home the silver medal in the 100m T11/12 (blind) with a time of 11.67s.
Muhamad Afiq could not match Uzbekistan's Mansur Abdurashidov, who bagged the gold medal with a time of 11.28s, while Mohammed Ayade of IRaq settled for the bronze medal with a time of 12.09s.
The para athletics events at the Grand Prix leg ends tomorrow.-BERNAMA
