PARIS, Aug 30 — National swimmer Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli’s second Paralympics outing at Paris 2024 has paid off as he has advanced to the final of the S5 men’s 100m freestyle (physical disability) at the Paris La Defense Arena today.
Nur Syaiful finished fourth with a time of 1:16.82s in the second heat, which was won by Ukraine’s Oleksandr Komarov with a time of 1:11.26s.
The result achieved by the Sarawakian swimmer saw him take sixth place overall from two heats and was in the group of eight best swimmers to the final.
Yesterday, the 29-year-old athlete got off to a shaky start when he was stranded in the heats after finishing ninth overall with a time of 2:52.67s in the men’s S5 (physical disability) 200m freestyle heats and failed to advance to the final.
The Paris Paralympics, which officially opened Wednesday, will end September 8.
— Bernama
