KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- National para swimmer ace Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli successfully defended his men’s 100-metre (m) breaststroke SB4 (physical impairment) gold medal at the Asian Para Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Japan today, setting a new Games record of 1 minute 41.44 seconds (s).
The Sarawakian shattered his own Games record of 1:41.55s, set during the second heat earlier today, to clinch his second consecutive gold in the event at the Nagoya City General Gymnasium.
The result also saw the 31-year-old delivered Malaysia’s first swimming gold in the fifth edition of the quadrennial multi-sports event.
Kazakhstan’s Ali Turganbekov took silver with 1:44.26s, while India’s Rohit Kumar claimed bronze after clocking 1:57.25s.
Earlier, Nur Syaiful had rewritten the Games record of 1:46.78s that he set at the previous edition in Hangzhou in 2022 in the heats before lowering it further in the final.
Meanwhile, in the women’s 50m freestyle S8 (physical impairment) event, national swimmer Carmen Lim clinched the bronze medal after setting the time of 35.51s.
China’s Zhu Hui won gold in 31.40s, while Japan’s Mai Mizukami took silver in 35.49s.
The Asian Para Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 will run until Oct 24.
-- BERNAMA