Suhairi leaps to PB, 8th in long jump T20
Singapore long jumper Suhairi Suhaini recorded a personal best of 6.69m en route to finishing eighth in the men's T20 final yesterday.
Malaysia's Abdul Latif Romly won gold with a world-record leap of 7.6m.
S'pore's Diroy 11th in javelin F40/41 final
Singapore's Muhammad Diroy Noordin finished 11th in the men's javelin F40/41 final. His best effort yesterday was 22.71m.
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Kovan Abdulraheem (42.85m) of Iraq won gold.
Rio on course for 2nd highest attendance
Organisers are confident Rio 2016 will be the second most attended Paralympic Games in history as Saturday's sell-out crowd of 167,675 in the Olympic Park beat the attendance of 157,000 on the busiest day of the Olympics.
Organisers announced cuts to these Games due to a budget crisis caused by a lack of interest and struggling economy. But they are hopeful of meeting their revised target of selling 2.4 million tickets. The 2.8 million sold at London 2012 remains the figure to beat.
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