SHAH ALAM, Aug 28 — Selangor Menteri Besar has congratulated national powerlifting champion, Bonnie Bunyau Gustin who won the first gold medal for Malaysia at the Tokyo Paralympic Games today.
Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari, through a statement on his Facebook page today, hoped the success will spur the fighting spirits of other national athletes competing in the games.
Bonnie had also broken the Paralympics record of 227 kg set by Rasool Mohsin from Iraq in Rio 2016 when he lifted 228kg in his third attempt on the first day of the sport.
However, Bonnie did not better his own world record of 230kg that he set at the 11th Fazza Dubai Powerlifting World Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last June when he failed to lift 231kg in his fourth attempt.
