PETALING JAYA: National shot putter Jonah Chang Rigan (pic) woke up feeling good.
But even the Sarawakian could not believe that he has now become the first Malaysian to hurl a distance over the 18 metres mark in shot putt. And he did it in style by rewriting his own national record twice in the Pahang Open at the Darul Makmur Stadium in Kuantan yesterday.
The 21-year-old was truly in his element when he won the gold with a distance of 18.46m. Even before that attempt, he had recorded 18.09m to break the previous national record of 17.67m, which he had set last year at the Mokpo International Championships in South Korea.
He is now the undisputed national number one in the shot putt event.
Source: Jonah can’t believe he’s the first to throw shot putt beyond 18m