Ziyad to get bigger, stronger as he prepares for triple-header next year


KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Nov -- Pengarah Jabatan Belia dan Sukan Wilayah Persekutuan Abd Aziz Abd Rahman (kiri) menyampaikan sijil penghargaan kepada Atlet Paralimpik Negara Ziyad Zolkefli (kanan) dinobatkan sebagai Ikon Hari Sukan Negara Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur 2016 pada majlis penghargaan Hari Sukan Negara peringkat Jabatan Belia dan Sukan Wilayah Persutuan Kuala Lumpur di Majlis Sukan Negara Kampung Pandan hari ini. --fotoBERNAMA (2016) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

KUALA LUMPUR: Don’t be surprised to see a bulkier – and beefier – Ziyad Zolkefli next year.

The 26-year-old Rio Paralympic shot putt gold medallist, who now weighs 116kg, has been told by coach Mohd Faizol Harun to bulk up – and add another five kilogrammes – in order to achieve his three main goals next year.

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