| Fadhil Yunus |
BRUNEI Darussalam’s national para bowlers Kamarul Ariffin bin Haji Abdul Ghaffar and Saidin bin Haji Damit clinched the country’s first gold medal in the 9th Asean Para Games after emerging victorious in the Mixed Doubles TPB2+ TPB2 event at the Sunway Mega Lanes, Sunway Pyramid yesterday.
The national duo rose the highest on top of the podium after posting a score of 2243 pinfalls with Malaysia and Thailand taking silver and bronze, respectively.
It was a greater accomplishment and the highest possible compliment for Kamarul Ariffin’s to the silver he collected in the Mixed Singles TPB2 event on Tuesday.
For his doubles partner Saidin, the national para bowler shrugged off the disappointment of finishing in a lowly 10th place in the same category where Kamarul Ariffin won silver.
The country also continued their consistency in delivering medals in athletics as national para athlete Alihan bin Muda clinched silver in the Men’s Shot Put F35 event.
The national athlete bettered the bronze medal he won in the previous edition two years ago in Singapore in the Men’s Shot Put F33/F34 event.
The national para athlete scored a total of 7.33 sandwiched between Malaysia’s Bajury bin Ladis who won gold and bronze medallist Sabarudding bin Bacho.
Brunei national para cyclist Hamizan bin Samsuddin snatched the country’s first medal in cycling after winning bronze in the Mixed Individual Time Trial C1/C2/C3 with a speed of 33.23km/per hour at Dataran Putrajaya.
The overall medal tally for the country currently stands on one gold, four silver and four bronze medals as of press time.
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