The first gold medal was won by Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi Sunday (Saturday in Rio de Janeiro) in the 100m T36 (
Malaysia has won medals previously at the
At the Rio Olympic Stadium, Mohamad Ridzuan dashed across the finish line of the 100m T36 in 12.07 seconds, ahead of Yang Yifei of China (12.20s) and Rodrigo Parreira
Muhammad Ziyad hurled the shot a distance of 16.84
He erased the previous world record of 16.29m set by Todd Hodgetts of Australia at the London Paralympics in 2012.
Dimitrios Senikidis of Greece won the silver medal in Rio with a throw of 16.17m and Hodgetts took the bronze medal with a throw of 15.82m. -- BERNAMA