Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has congratulated Malaysian athlete Siti Noor Radiah Ismail on her bronze-medal victory at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The Prime Minister hailed Siti Noor Radiah for having also broken the Asian Para Games record in the women's long jump T20 at the games.

"Another medal for Malaysia, another Asian record is set! Congratulations Siti Noor Radiah for the bronze-medal victory in the long jump! #Rio2016 #KamiLuarBiasa (We Are Exceptional)," wrote Najib in a post on his Twitter account, @NajibRazak.

Siti Noor Radiah took third place in the event with a jump of 5.20 metres, leaping beyond the 5.10m record set in Incheon, South Korea, in 2014.

Another Malaysian, Siti Noor Iasah Mohamad Ariffin, was fourth in the event with a jump of 4.91m. -- BERNAMA