Aznil Bidin Falls 1kg Short Of Gold In 65kg Final At SEA Games

From Ahmad Nazrin Syahmi Mohamad Arif

BANGKOK, Dec 14 (Bernama) -- National weightlifter Muhamad Aznil Bidin narrowly missed out on the gold medal in the men’s 65 kilogramme (kg) weightlifting final at the SEA Games Thailand 2025, finishing just 1kg short of the host nation’s Patsaphong Thongsuk here today.

Muhammad Aznil lifted a total of 306kg, comprising 133kg in the snatch and 173kg in the clean and jerk, while Thongsuk edged him out with 307kg (134kg snatch /173kg clean and jerk) to claim the top spot.

The bronze medal went to Indonesia’s Eko Yuli Irawan who amassed 304kg, with 138kg in the snatch and 166kg in the clean and jerk.

“I do feel a sense of disappointment and sadness after missing the gold medal by a small margin, but I have given my best. Perhaps it was not my rezeki [fortune/luck] to get the gold yet.

"If there's something I could change (in the final), it would be perhaps to add more weight in the snatch lift. If I could have done that, my chances of winning gold might have been brighter," said the two-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist to Bernama today.

Muhamad Aznil, making his fifth SEA Games appearance won bronze and silver in the 61kg category at the 2019 edition in the Philippines and the 2021 edition in Vietnam, respectively.

For the record, the Malaysian Weightlifting Federation is determined to end a 20-year gold medal drought at the SEA Games, with the last gold won at the 2005 edition in the Philippines.

Malaysia last won a gold medal in weightlifting through Che Mod Azrol Che Mat who topped the 105kg and above category.

The weightlifting competition at the SEA Games Thailand 2025 got underway yesterday and will run until next Wednesday.

-- BERNAMA