The result saw the national contingent fail to meet the target of four golds, even though national powerlifter Jong Yee Khie still has a chance to add to his personal medal collection in the men’s 107kg category at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena before the Paris 2024 games draws down its curtain today.

What was even more painful for Latiff and the Malaysian contingent during the competition at the Stade de France was watching Matvei Lakushev who competed under the Neutral Paralympic Athlete ticket snatch the gold in his final attempt with a record of 7.51m.

Until that final attempt by Lakushev, Latif, the gold medal winner in the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 editions looked destined for gold after leading the rest of the field with a jump of 7.45m which was also his season’s best.

The distances registered today by the lad from Perlis were also well below his Paralympic Games record of 7.60m set during the Rio 2016 games when winning the gold or the World Record of (7.64m) that had set during the 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia.

Meanwhile, Yee Khie faces a tall order and a mighty challenge to finish on the podium after winning silver in Tokyo 2020 as he is now ranked fifth best in the world with his best total weight of 230kg.

His teammate Nicodemus Manggoi Moses, did not manage to win a medal for Malaysia when he was ranked seventh in the men’s up to 97kg event.

In cycling, national para rider Adi Raimie Amizazahan managed to finish in the top 20 places in the men’s C1-3 (physical disability) road race held in Clichy-sous-bois, here.

The 23-year-old rider, making his first appearance on the Paralympic stage, finished the 71-kilometre race in 16th place with a time of 1: 56:23s.

Another Malaysian rider Yusof Hafizi Shaharuddin clocked 2:08.46s to finish in 26th position.