The story of Mohd Ridzuan Mohd Puzi is one of triumph. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of one, Ridzuan, a van-driver’s son, has gone from flipping burgers in the sleepy border town of Padang Besar in Perlis to winning the nation’s first-ever gold medal at the Paralympics in Rio last year.
The 29-year-old clocked 12.07 seconds on the men’s T36 (cerebral palsy) 100m dash, breaking the record of 12.25 seconds held by Ukraine’s Roman Pavlyk since 2008.
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