KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — National para athletes Ahmad Fizzi Rosni and Muhammad Noorhelmie Mohd Rabi both won bronze medals in their respective events at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan today.

At Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, Fizzi finished third in the men’s T36 400 metres (m) event with a time of 56,68 seconds (s) behind gold medallist Doston Kahhorov of Uzbekistan (54.42 s) and silver medallist Takeru Matsumoto of Japan(56.12 s), while Noorhelmie placed third in the men’s T12 100 m event with a time of 11.16 s.

Japanese sprinters Ryutaro Kuno and Daiki Ishiyama won the gold and silver with times of 10.85 s and 10.92 s.

Another Malaysian para athlete, Rozabell Rozell Parinus missed out on a podium finish after finishing the women’s T36 100 m event in fourth place. — Bernama