KUALA LUMPUR: Former national athlete Adi Alifuddin Hussin (pic) is back after three years to keep a vow that he had made to his late coach Mohd Nazar Abdul Rahim. The 32-year-old shot putter said he is finally ready to take up the challenge as a coach just like his mentor after working on getting …
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KUALA LUMPUR: Youngster Ruslem Zikry Putra (pic) was trying furiously to bounce bank after he failed in his mission to break the 15-year-old national record in the 400m hurdles at the SEA Games. And he’s paying the price. He suffered a hamstring injury in January and was left limping. He recovered last month but, no …
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KUALA LUMPUR: Middle distance runner Asif Rahman Jiyadeen (pic) just cannot get going. The 22-year-old suffered a thigh muscle injury at the Sukma (Malaysia Games) in Ipoh in September, 2018 and was out for three months. He returned to action early last year only to aggravate his injury at the Malaysian Closed in August. That …
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KUALA LUMPUR: The next five months is not going to be a walk in the park for Elena Goh Ling Yin (pic) as she will be without any warm-up before the Malaysian Open from Sept 4-7 in Bukit Jalil. The national walker was supposed to compete in the Government Services Games from April 3-5 and …
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KUALA LUMPUR: Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian has been the country’s top men’s 110m hurdler for the last 13 years – and he is not happy about it. The two-time SEA Games gold medallist believes it is time other calibre hurdlers step up to replace him. The Sabahan, who holds the national record of 13.67, said …