On August 3, Malaysia's badminton mixed team earned its first gold medal scoring 3-1 in the final against India. Malaysians cheered as the nation made it into the badminton mixed team final thanks to shuttlers Chan Peng Soon and Cheah Yee See who beat England’s world no 11 pair Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith despite losing the opening game. Continuing the winning streak, men’s singles player Ng Tze Yong beat England’s Toby Plenty, followed by Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik who beat Ben Lane and Sean Vendy, earning Malaysia a place into the final against either Singapore or India.

On the final day of the Games, squash pair Rachel Arnold and Aifa Azman also fought hard for their bronze medal at the women's doubles squash event.   

It was sixteen-year-old rhythmic gymnast Ng Joe Ee who helped the Malaysian contingent hit its 6-gold target at The Games with a stellar performance in the ball and ribbon apparatus finals, winning two gold medals on August 7. This win has made Ng the first Malaysian gymnast to gain two individual gold medals at the same Games. Meanwhile, rhythmic gymnast Izzah Amzan won a bronze medal in the clubs apparatus final.     

On August 8, Malaysian paddlers Javen Choong and Karen Lyne earned a silver medal in the table tennis mixed doubles final, a Commonwealth Games first for the Malaysian team. 

#Throwback: National Artistic Gymnast Farah Ann Tells What It Takes To Be A Champion

Winning Malaysia's sixth silver medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022, 23-year-old diver Nur Dhabitah Sabri also became the first Malaysian diver to take home a medal at the women's 3m springboard event of The Games. On 6 August, she and Wendy Ng Yan Yee also earned a silver medal at the women's 3m springboard synchro event.

The good news for the national diving team followed another win on August 5 when Gabriel Gilbert Daim and Syafiq Puteh earned a silver medal in the men's 3m springboard final.

Related: Tatlergram: Malaysian Athletes at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games  

Nur Ain Nabilah Tarmizi, Syafiqa Haidar Afif Abdul Rahman and Azlina Arshad bagged a silver medal in the lawn bowls women's triples event on August 5, adding to lawn bowler Siti Zalina Ahmad's bronze medal in the women's singles match, Siti's fourth Commonwealth Games medal after winning gold twice in 2002 at Manchester and again in Melbourne at 2006.   

Two-time world champion and Tokyo 2020 gold medalist Bonnie Bunyau Gustin created a new Commonwealth Games record of 147.6 points by lifting 210kg in his first attempt in the men's lightweight category, earning a para powerlifting gold medal for Malaysia on August 5.   

National weightlifter Mohamad Aniq Kasdan made Malaysia proud on July 30 after winning the country's first gold medal in the men’s 55kg category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. For this achievement, the Johor-born athlete will be rewarded with RM10,000 by the Johor state government. In 2021, Aniq won a silver medal at the World Weightlifting Championships and a bronze medal at the SEA Games.

Tatlergram: Malaysian Athletes at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Malaysia’s second gold medal at the Commonwealth Games came from 28-year-old weightlifter Muhammad Aznil Bidin, who also took home gold for Malaysia in the men’s 61kg category at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Meanwhile, 22-year-old Muhammad Erry Hidayat also earned a silver medal in the men’s 73kg category. 

Related: Meet Isaac Tan, the Malaysian Triathlete with Autism Competing at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Cyclist Mohd Shah Firdaus Sahrom earned a bronze medal in the men's keirin final at the Commonwealth Games on July 31, earning the first bronze for the nation in eight years.    

#Throwback: Malaysia's Athletes Open Up About Competing at the Tokyo Olympics During A Pandemic

The women’s table tennis team, comprising Karen Lyne, Tee Ai Xin, Alice Chang and Ho Ying, bagged Malaysia’s first silver medal at the Commonwealth Games since 2014.

Another huge win for the country: teenaged judoka star Amir Daniel Abdul Majeed made history and bagged a bronze medal in the men's 73kg category, Malaysia's first ever medal in the sport.  

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

Longines is the Official Timekeeper of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Shalin Zulkifli, Malaysian National Bowling Champion Shalin Zulkifli's Letter To Her Younger Self

Malaysian Gymnastics Star Farah Ann Reflects on the Highlights of Her Career