The Macau Sports Association of the Deaf (MSAD) announced in a statement yesterday that a local deaf athlete clinched two more silver and a bronze medals at the Asia Pacific Deaf Athletics Championships 2026.
According to the Malaysian Deaf Sports Association, yesterday’s Asia Pacific Deaf Table Tennis Championships 2026 was also an event of the Asia Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championships 2026, held by the Asia Pacific Deaf Sports Confederation (APDSC), which is taking place in Penang, northern Malaysia.
According to the statement, local athlete Hoi Long won the silver medal in the women’s 800m event with a time of 2 minutes and 31.72 seconds. The gold medal in this event was won by a Japanese athlete with a time of 2 minutes and 22.19 seconds, while the bronze medal was won by an athlete from Chinese Taipei with a time of 2 minutes and 32.52 seconds, the statement said.
Hoi also won a silver medal in the women’s 1500m and a bronze medal in the women’s 400m on Tuesday, the statement noted.
As of last night, the local deaf athletes had won a total of three silver and one bronze medals at the Asia Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championships 2026, which ends on Saturday.
Local athlete Hoi Long (left) poses with two athletes from Japan at Penang State Stadium in Penang, Malaysia, yesterday. – Photo courtesy of Macau Sports Association of the Deaf
