KUALA LUMPUR — National swimmers Abd Halim Mohammad and Shahafiq Abdullah rose to the occasion at the Asian Para Games today, delivering a silver and a bronze medal respectively to take Malaysia’s medal haul in the pool to four.

Abd Halim led the charge at Nagoya City General Gymnasium (Rainbow Pool) by clinching the silver medal in the men’s 100-metre (m) breaststroke SB8 (physical impairment) final with a time of one minute 14.45 seconds.

China’s Xu Haijiao took the gold in 1:12.80s while his compatriot Li Ting settled for bronze in 1:16.56s.

Shahafiq then ensured another podium finish for the national contingent shortly after by battling his way to a bronze in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB7 final after clocking 1:36.41s.

Indonesia’s Abdil Majid Rahman emerged victorious to claim gold in 1:20.26s while China’s Zhang Yilong took the silver in 1:21.98s.

Today’s two-medal contribution took the national para swimming squad’s overall tally at the Games to four medals, comprising one gold, one silver and two bronzes.

Meanwhile, Carmen Lim had to settle for sixth place in the women’s 100m backstroke S8 final with a time of 1:38.08s in an event cleanly swept by China through Zheng Tingting (1:20.43s), Zhu Hui (1:21.66s), and Lu Weiyuan (1:22.07s).

In other finals, Rusdianto Rusmadi finished fifth in the men’s 100m backstroke S8 after recording 1:15.86s.