From Ahmad Nazrin Syahmi Mohamad Arif
GLASGOW, Scotland: Malaysia surpassed their target of five gold medals on the sixth day of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games after national weightlifter, Mohamad Syahmi Nor Ghazali, delivered the country’s sixth gold in the men’s 94-kilogramme (kg) event on Wednesday (July 29).
Syahmi continued Malaysia’s outstanding dominance in weightlifting by winning the title at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) Armadillo with a combined lift of 347kg.
He finished just one kilogramme ahead of Canada’s Alex Bellemarre, who claimed silver with 346kg, while Australia’s Oliver Riley Saxton took bronze with 336kg.
Syahmi’s triumph means Malaysia’s weightlifting team have contributed five of the country’s six gold medals so far, following victories by Mohamad Aniq Kasdan, Muhammad Aznil Bidin, Muhammad Erry Hidayat, and Muhammad Hafizuddin Ruslin.
Malaysia’s other gold medal was won by national para long jump star, Datuk Abdul Latif Romly, in the men’s T20 event, while the country’s two silver medals came through Izzat Shameer Dzulkeple in the men’s lawn bowls singles and the women’s pairs combination of Aleena Ahmad Nawawi and Syafiqa Haidar Afif Abdul Rahman.
Malaysia have now collected six gold, two silver and three bronze medals, surpassing the contingent’s target of five golds, two silvers and four bronzes for the Games.
At the Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Arvin Shaun Singh Chahal and Lim Yin Chuen finished first and second respectively in Heat One of the men’s 200 metres (m) freestyle but failed to qualify for the final.
Khiew Hoe Yean won the slowest heat of the men’s 1,500m freestyle in 15 minutes 29.30 seconds but missed out on a medal as the final standings were decided under the timed-final format.
In para swimming, Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli finished sixth in the men’s S7 50m freestyle final in 34.62 seconds after recording 35.05 seconds in the heats.
At Scotstoun Stadium, para-athletics competitor, Muhammad Noorhelmie Mohd Rabi, finished third in Heat Two of the men’s T12 100m in 11.23 seconds, failing to qualify for the final.
Malaysia’s lawn bowls team also produced encouraging results after the men’s pair of Amirul Danial Abdul Rahim and Mohammad Soufi Rusli defeated Jersey’s Ross Davis and Malcolm de Sousa in a tie-break.
The two pairs were tied 1-1 before the Malaysian duo edged the tie-break 1-0 in the group-stage match.
Emma Firyana Saroji also maintained her winning momentum in the women’s singles by defeating Zambia’s Mildred Mkandawire 2-0.
However, Malaysia’s women’s B6-B8 para lawn bowls pair of Norazian Daud and Jariah Zakaria lost 0-2 to New Zealand’s Julie O’Connell and Teri Blackbourn in another group-stage match.
In the medal standings as of 9:00 pm (4:00 am Malaysian time), Malaysia was seventh, while Australia remained firmly on top with 44 gold, 21 silver and 34 bronze medals, followed by Canada in second (13, 11, 14) and England in third (12, 25, 16). – BERNAMA
