KUALA LUMPUR: National para long jump champion Abdul Latif Romly won the world title for the fourth time at the World Para Athletics Championships Kobe 2024 in Japan today.
Latif, 27, leaped 7.30m in his second attempt to win the T20 (intellectual Impairment) long jump gold medal after the first, third, fourth and fifth jumps were cancelled. He only managed 6.34m in the last jump.
He had won the same event in the Doha 2015, London 2017 and Paris 2023 world para championships.
Chala Espinoza of Ecuador and Obando Asprilla of Colombia won the silver (6.95m) and bronze (6.84m), respectively.
Another national representative, Zulkifly Abdullah, finished in 12th place out of 13 participants after recording a distance of 6.02m.
Latif, of Perlis, had confirmed his slot for the 2024 Paris Paralympics after winning the gold medal in the World Para Athletics Championship in Paris, France, last year with a record of 7.40m.
He is the defending champion for two consecutive games after winning gold in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and Tokyo in 2020.
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