Wong Kar Gee Leaps To Victory, Claims Malaysia’s Fifth Gold In Long Jump T12 At Asian Para Games

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 – National para-athletics athlete Wong Kar Gee secured Malaysia’s fifth gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games after delivering a victorious performance in the men’s long jump T12 (visually impaired) event.

The 35-year-old Kota Kinabalu native upgraded his career medal tally at the Games, improving on his silver-medal achievement from the 2018 edition in Jakarta-Palembang.

Competing at the Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium in Nagoya, Japan, Kar Gee produced his winning leap of 6.74 metres on his second attempt to claim top spot on the podium.

Uzbekistan’s Sevinchbek Khusanov secured the silver medal with a distance of 6.54m, while host nation athlete Daiki Ishiyama of Japan claimed bronze with a best mark of 6.48m.

Podium Outcomes and Field Event Summary

Key event results and athlete performances recorded at the Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium include:

• Men’s Long Jump T12 Gold: Wong Kar Gee (Malaysia) – 6.74m.
• Men’s Long Jump T12 Silver: Sevinchbek Khusanov (Uzbekistan) – 6.54m.
• Men’s Long Jump T12 Bronze: Daiki Ishiyama (Japan) – 6.48m.
• Men’s Long Jump T36 Result: Malaysian athlete Mohd Arman Rosli narrowly missed out on a podium finish in the T36 physical impairment event, finishing fourth overall with a peak leap of 5.27m.
• Men’s Long Jump T36 Podium: China’s Yang Yifei captured gold with 5.60m, while Uzbekistan’s Doston Kahhorov (5.42m) and Izzat Turgunov (5.33m) secured silver and bronze, respectively.

Kar Gee’s gold medal further boosts Malaysia’s overall standings at the 2026 continental multi-sport event in Nagoya.

–NMT