Royal recognition: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V posing for a picture with (from left) Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, Deputy Minister Datuk M. Saravanan, Sportswoman of the Year Siti Rahmah Mohd Nasir and Sportsman of the Year and Abdul Latif Romly at the National Sports Awards.
KUALA LUMPUR: There were big surprises in the National Sports Awards 2016 as para athlete Abdul Latif Romly and silat exponent Siti Rahmah Mohd Nasir were crowned the Best Sportsman and Sportswoman.
Abdul Latif created history last night as the first para athlete to be named Best Sportsman of the Year, thanks largely to his record-breaking feats in the T20 (learning disability) men’s long jump at the Rio Paralympics last August.
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