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Malaysia’s shot put winner loses gold medal at Paralympics for arriving late

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In a rare event, a para athlete lost his gold medal after arriving late for the competition. Malaysia’s Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli, who had won a gold medal in men’s shot put finals F20 class at the Tokyo Paralympics, was disqualified because he reported “three minutes late” for his event.

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The International Paralympic Committee spokesman Craig Spence said Zolkefli and two others were initially allowed to compete under protest after failing to report on time for the event.

“They were late, they may have had a logical reason for being late, and therefore we allowed them to compete and look at the facts of the matter afterward,” Spence was quoted as saying by news agency AP.

The World Para Athletics body, which governs track and field for Para sports, stated that it was determined by a referee after the competition that the reasons made by the participating members was “no justifiable reason for failure to report” on time. The body confirmed that the appeal made by Malaysia was also turned down.

Following the development, Ukraine’s Maksym Koval now stands at top and is joined by countrymen Oleksandr Yarovyi in the second spot. Meanwhile, the bronze medal was won by Efstratios Nikolaidis of Greece.

Malaysia not impressed by the decision

The decision was met with a lot of anger in Malaysia as Spence described the reaction as “very abusive”, which he also claimed were targeted at the Ukrainians.

“We are now seeing comments on all our social media posts that have nothing to do with the men’s shot put F20 event,” Spence was further quoted as saying in the report. “I’m sorry. Rules are rules.”

“The decision was taken. It wasn’t the Ukrainians fault that the Malaysian was late,” he added.

Not a harsh decision

Spence believes the decision not to be a harsh one explaining others arrive five minutes before the event but Zolkefli and others were three minute late. “Others get there five minutes early,” he said.

When asked about the delay, the Malaysian and the other two stated that they “didn’t hear the announcement or it was in a language” they don’t understand. The F20 class in shot put is for athletes with intellectual disabilities.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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