After the eventful Tokyo Olympics, Malaysians were thrilled to embrace the 2 medals our athletes had brought home during the gruelling tournaments: 1 silver, 1 bronze.
Proud of our champions, we were even more excited to see how our Malaysian athletes would do in the Paralympics.
So far, Malaysia has brought home 1 gold and 1 silver medal and things were definitely looking up.
When Ziyad Zolkefli managed to win the gold medal in men’s shot putt F20 competition and even break the world-record, Malaysians rejoiced in what seemed like an incredible feat, not only for our athletes but for the country as a whole.
It happened on Merdeka Day and to us, it was his gift to Malaysia.
However, that celebration was short-lived when it was announced that Ziyad was disqualified.
Later on, it was revealed that Ziyad had been disqualified after a protest was launched by the Ukraine team stating that he was late to enter the roll call…