JOHOR BARU: National weightlifting coach Matin Guntali, 37, showed that age is no barrier if one is disciplined and dedicated when he powered himself to a gold and two silvers in the 56kg category on the first day of the Johor Open in the first-leg of the National Weightlifting Circuit at Plaza Kotaraya here yesterday.
The Sabahan, a bronze medallist at the KL Commonwealth Games in 1998, and Manchester Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Mohd Faisal Baharom of Pahang both lifted 140kg in the clean and jerk.