KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Athletics Federation (MAF) are leaving no stone unturned in their bid to get gold medal prospect Azeem Fahmi to compete at the Phnom Penh Sea Games. MAF coaching and selection committee chairman Datuk Mark Ling will fly to the United States, where the 19-year-old sprinter is based, next month to hold […]
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KUALA LUMPUR: National back-up sprinter Pengiran Aidil Auf Hajam from Sabah created a sensational upset by beating the national men’s record holder in the 200m race of the Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) Track and Field Championships at the National Sports Council’s Mini Stadium in Bukit Jalil, here today. The 18-year-old Sabahan clocked 21.54s to win
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KUALA LUMPUR: National sprinter Muhammad Haiqal Hanafi (pix) clocked 10.46s to smash the Cambodia SEA Games qualifying mark enroute to winning the 100m event at the Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) Track and Field Championships here yesterday. The time recorded by Muhammad Haiqal at the National Sports Council (NSC) mini stadium surpassed the qualifying time of 10.56s set
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PETALING JAYA: Two weeks after cracking the national 60m indoor record, Malaysia’s teenage sprinter Azeem Fahmi has done it again. Racing against one of the world’s fastest men, American Trayvon Bromell, US-based Azeem today shaved 0.01 seconds off his mark set on Jan 28 in Texas. Azeem, 18, of Auburn University clocked 6.62s to finish
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — Rio 2016 Paralympic Games champion Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi showed that he is still a sprinter to reckon with by winning the 100m T35/36 (physical impairment) race at the 2023 World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Tunisia yesterday. Mohamad Ridzuan, fondly called ‘Dek Wan’, recorded 12.51s to beat Iraq’s Abdulsattar
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IPOH: Tang Choo Mong, Malaysia’s oldest athletics coach who was much respected and unstoppable in his work, has died aged 78. The former national coach died of a heart attack in hospital here on Saturday evening, just over a month after he had quit two key state coaching posts due to failing health. Tang was
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Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian won the gold medal in the men’s 60m final in his season debut at the Gothenburg Games, part of the World Athletics Indoor Tour, in Gothenburg, Sweden on Thursday. Su secured the first place in his group in 6.75 seconds in the heat, and the 33-year-old finished the final with a
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The previous record had stood for 24 years. KUALA LUMPUR: Azeem Fahmi has got off to a good start in the US, breaking the national record in the men’s 60m indoor sprint event at the 2023 Texas Tech Open meet, on Friday. The 18-year-old, making his indoor debut for Auburn University, clocked 6.63 seconds (s)
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KUALA LUMPUR: Pole vaulter Nor Sarah Adi was today shocked to find out that her coach Manshahar Abdul Jalil had actually retired from his role as national head coach last month. Sarah said Manshahar had not uttered a word about his retirement to her. She disclosed that he has continued to train her and men’s
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) are in search of a replacement for former national head coach Manshahar Abdul Jalil, who retired last month. National Sports Council (NSC) director-general Datuk Ahmad Shapawi Ismail said MAF coaching and selection committee chairman Datuk Wira Mark Ling made the request for a replacement coach during the MAF-NSC
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