The Paralympics is in full swing and day three brought more gold medals, as well as plenty of history. Despite not a single Paralympic gold before Saturday's competition, Malaysia won two in the space of a few hours. There was also a gold and world record for US Army sergeant Elizabeth Marks, according to a CNN report. Malaysia doesn't have a rich history in Paralympics — but two men are changing all that. Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi set a new Paralympic record on his way to winning the T36 100m final, earning Malaysia's first ever Paralympic gold. T36 is a category for athletes with coordination impairments and includes cerebral palsy. Malaysia has previously won silver and bronze at Paralympic Games but, crossing the line in 12.07s ahead of China's Yang Yifei and Brazilian Rodrigo Parreira da Silva of Brazil, Mohamad Ridzuan became the first from his country to stand atop the podium. And it wasn't long before Malaysia made it two golds. Just a couple of hours later, Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli won the men's F20 shot put final, smashing the world record in the process. A bronze medalist from London four years ago, Zolkefli saved his best for last and recorded 16.84m with his fifth and final throw. Dimitrios Senikidis of Greece took silver and Australia's Todd Hodgetts won bronze. Great Britain's Andy Lewis won gold in the men's PT2 para-triathlon — the first time the event has featured at the Paralympics Lewis crossed the line on the picturesque Copacabana in one hour, 11 minutes and 49 seconds, a full 41 seconds ahead of Italy's Michele Ferrarin. Morocco's Mohamed Lahna took bronze. The 33-year-old had his lower leg amputated 11 years ago after a motorbike accident when he was 16. Elizabeth Marks, US Army sergeant, stormed to victory in the SB7 100m breaststroke final, obliterating the rest of the field to set a new world record and finishing more than four seconds ahead of her nearest rival, compatriot Jessica Long. The Netherlands' Lisa den Braber took bronze. The US Army sergeant had captured the hearts of millions by returning her 2016 Invictus Games gold medal to the British hospital that saved her life. In 2010, while serving in Iraq, Marks sustained severe injuries to both hips, greatly limiting movement and sensation in her legs. Only initially taking up swimming as part of her rehabilitation, she was spotted by a US Army swimming coach who convinced her to take up the sport competitively. Marks was quickly accepted into the Army's World Class Athlete Program and won gold, silver and bronze medals at the Warrior Games — a competition for wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans. However, after flying to London for the 2014 Invictus Games, Marks fell seriously ill. With fluid filling her lungs and unable the breath, the quick-thinking doctors at Papworth Hospital placed her in an induced coma and on an external lung machine. It saved her life. Two years later, she returned her gold medal to Prince Harry for him to pass onto those who saved her at Papworth. — Agencies
