{"id":12451,"date":"2021-11-24T11:24:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T03:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12451"},"modified":"2021-11-24T11:24:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T03:24:48","slug":"bonnie-heads-malaysian-challenge-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12451","title":{"rendered":"Bonnie heads Malaysian challenge in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — Tokyo Paralympic Games champion\u00a0Bonnie Bunyau Gustin will head Malaysia\u2019s challenge at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championship in\u00a0Tbilisi, Georgia\u00a0from Nov\u00a027 to Dec 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a072 kilogrammes (kg) category champion will be accompanied\u00a0by five other athletes, including Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist\u00a0Jong Yee Khie (107 kg) and Bonnie\u2019s\u00a0brother, Bryan Junency Gustin (80 kg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National coach Jamil Adam said Georgia is an important outing as it is the first competition for his powerlifters to collect qualifying points for the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur preparations for Georgia are\u00a0proceeding smoothly although the athletes only returned to train\u00a0in the middle of October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe competition in Tbilisi is more towards helping the para-athletes to get back their rhythm after a one-month rest following the Tokyo Paralympics,\u201d he said when contacted by Bernama today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 52-year-old coach is targeting podium finishes for Bonnie and Yee Khie and top-five positions for the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said he did not want to pressure the athletes and expect them to begin peaking two years before Paris 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have two championships next year offering qualifying points to Paris 2024, namely in South Korea in May and the Para Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in October. I expect the powerlifting athletes to start peaking around that time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other athletes who will be participating in Georgia are\u00a0Nicodemua Manggoi Saad (88 kg), Wan Nur Azri Wan Azman (97 kg), and\u00a0Sona Agon (73 kg), the nation\u2019s sole women\u2019s representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team will leave for Georgia early tomorrow morning and are expected to be back home on Dec 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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