Malaysian paralympian Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli�s gold medal taken away

Digitalvedant449902 Sep, 2021Sport

In a recent development, the International Paralympics Committee (IPC) has backed their decision to strip a Malaysian athlete of his gold medal which he won at the ongoing Paralympics 2020. Notably, shot putter Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli clinched the gold in F20 class but was later disqualified as he arrived three minutes late for the event. In their defence, the IPC said that Zolkefli was allowed to compete because at the time he had a "logical" reason for being late. However, a referee later found that there was in fact no "justifiable reason" for him to turn up late for the games which was the reason he has been denied a medal.