ON DAY ONE
Four silver and two bronze haul for Malaysia as Indonesia rule
FARAH AZHARIE farahazharie@nst.com.my Zadrian Chan made it two silver when he recorded a time of twominutes 18.87s to finish behind Kevin Ode Natama of Indonesia (2:16.33).
In the same category, Anas, who is the son of three-time Paralympian Zul Amirul Sidi Abdullah, managed sixth placing at two-minutes 25.87s.
The third silver medal came in the form of Anderson Jamba (1:02.64s) in the men’s 50m breaststroke SB3 category but the 29-year-old wasn’t too happy with his performance.
“I was targeting the gold medal but there was a mistake in the last 5m when I became too slow and the finishing just wasn’t right,” said Anderson, who is wheelchair bound and uses his arms to compete.
The gold was won by Vietnam’s Ha Van Hiep (1:01.83) while Thailand’s Charkorn Kaewsri came in third, in the four-men competition.
National Paralympic Games record holder for the men’s 50m freestyle S13 and breaststroke SB13, Julius Jaranding made it four silver medals when he recorded a time of 35.53s in the men’s 50m breaststroke SB13.
The winner was Indonesian Marinus Melianus Yowei who broke the Games record at 34.05s while Thailand’s Chaiporn Laobeng (38.01) finished third.
In the women’s 50m breaststroke SB14 category, Puteri Nur Diyana Jawahir got a bronze.
The same category saw gold medallist Lince Suebe of Indonesia break the Games record with a time of 39.38s while her compatriot Ayu Andira (43.83s) finished second.
Malaysia closed the day with a second bronze from Mohd Adib Iqbal Abdullah (34.43s) in the men’s 50m breaststroke SB14 that saw Indonesia’s Irfan Septiana (33.61s) and Muhammad Samsi (34.33s) in first and second, respectively.
The first day of para swimming saw Indonesia bag half of the 20 gold medals on offer followed by Vietnam with three gold medals.
At the 2015 Asean Para Games in Singapore, Vietnam dominated the sport with 19 gold, 22 silver and 21 bronze medals.