Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli Stripped of Gold Medal in Men's Shot Put Final, Maksym Koval Named Winner; Twitterati Call it 'Robbery'
Ziyad is a former Paralympics gold medallist and he not just won the top prize, but also had done so in an emphatic manner, hurling 17.94m to set a new world record. But the result was nullified as a Ukraine official protested and Malaysia's Ziyad was stripped of his gold medal.
Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli had won the gold in the Men's Shot Put F20 event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 on Tuesday. But he was stripped of the medal because he was classified as DNS (Did Not Start). As a result, Ukraine's Maksym Koval, who finished second, was given the gold,. Twitter, subsequently went absolutely furious with this decision and termed it a clear 'robbery'
'Not even close'
'A medal for robbery'
Sarcasm loaded:
This is unfair!
'Embarassing'
A robbed gold medal:
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