New Straits Times

Bonnie powers to gold and new Games record

7 days ago

KUALA LUMPUR: Para-powerlifter Bonnie Bunyau Gustin clinched Malaysia's fourth gold medal at the Commonwealth Games when he won the men's lightweight event with a new Games record in Birmingham today. The 23-year-old becomes the first Malaysian para-athlete to win a title at the Games. Bonnie, a world record holder and a Paralympic champion, earned 154.6 points— a new Games record — following lifts of 210kg, 216kg and 220kg at the National Exhibition Centre in West Midlands.