KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Athletics Federation is still undecided between Azeem Fahmi and Shereen Vallabouy for the wildcard in the 100m at the Paris Olympics. MAF’s selection panel has put its decision on hold pending the performance of Azeem in the 100m at the Asean University Games in Indonesia on July 2. “It’s his final […]
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 (Bernama) — The question remains on whether national sprint champion Muhammad Azeem Mohd Fahmi or Shereen Samson Vallabouy will secure the Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) wild card slot for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games MAF president Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said that the federation still needed to conduct a more in-depth
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KUALA LUMPUR: It’s the last chance saloon in Kazakhstan for Shereen Samson Vallabouy this weekend. Malaysia’s athletics queen will really need to produce an almighty run in the Central Asian city of Almaty. Her 400m race in the Kazakhstan Open will decide whether she qualifies for next month’s Paris Olympics. The 26-year-old Perakian is
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IT’S all in the math for Soh Wai Ching. Bent over his laptop, the 30-year-old athlete declares: “I can never be a Lee Chong Wei or a Nicol David!” It’s not a self-deprecating remark, but as Soh points out seriously, it’s all in the math. Source: Soh Fast! World’s top tower runner aims to follow
Soh Wai Ching continued his fine run of victories by winning the inaugural Naza Tower Run on Sunday. The world No. 1 tower runner clearly stood out as he conquered the 49-storey building in five minutes and 16 seconds to win the men’s open category. Mohd Hazim Zuhairi Azahari clocked 6:02 to finish second and
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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
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PETALING JAYA: An injury to national sprinter Mohd Haiqal Hanafi seemed to have opened the door for Efrain Feerzan Qhan (pic) to shine. The 21-year-old won the Pahang Open Superseries 200m race with a time of 21.94s, which is also his first-ever gold medal in the Super Series. Akmal Aqilla Selamat took silver with a
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Azeem’ season best of 10.11s and Shereen’s national record of 51.80s, were not enough to earn them automatic slots for the World Championships. The qualification deadline for the world meet is on July 31 and Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) will be notified if Azeem and Shereen will receive the wild cards on August 1. The
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Oleh Helmi Talkah, Jun 5, 2023 @ 6:13pm ; [email protected] KUALA LUMPUR: Kejayaan memenangi pingat emas Sukan SEA dan memecahkan rekod kebangsaan acara 400 meter (m) lelaki belum dapat memuaskan hati pelari negara, Umar Osman yang menetapkan satu lagi sasaran besar untuk direalisasikan. Atlet berusia 20 tahun itu, berkata dia kini memasang impian untuk menjadi pelari
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By Aftar Singh – May 15, 2023 @ 1:12pm KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will lose coach Simon Lau, who guided Umar Osman to the Sea Games gold, to Singapore. Simon, who has been coaching the Johor-born Umar since 2021, will join the Singapore Sports Council on June 1. Umar, competing in his first Sea Games, smashed the 400m national
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