KUCHING: Five new meet records, including three in athletics, were set at the 2024 Malaysia Games (SUKMA) today. Sprint queen Nur Afrina Batrisyia Moh...
Sprint queen Nur Afrina Batrisyia Mohamad Rizal of Selangor became a double gold medallist and double record holder when she won the 200-metre final at the Sarawak Stadium here in 23.89 seconds , erasing the previous Games mark of 24.37s set by Perak’s Noor Eewan Syafiah Mohd Sabri in the 2016 edition at the same venue.
Johor’s quartet of national 400m record holder Umar Osman, Muhammad Aiman Najmi Mohd Anuar, Mohamad Akmal Haziq Mohd Zahari and Wills Harnessy Gindal also broke the men’s 4x400m Games record after clocking 3:12.35s Bryan clocked 24.81s in the third heat to break the 10-year-old SUKMA record of 25.13s set by Chan Jie. Then, in the final he clocked an even faster time of 24.46s.
In muay thai, Sarawak’s 16-year-old Muhammad Mikail Ghazali Zulfikar upheld his family’s golden legacy by clinching the gold in the 51-54 kilogramme category.
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