Umar wants to maintain national record momentum at Asiad

HANGZHOU: The SEA Games men’s 400 metres champion, Umar Osman hopes to maintain the momentum of his national record run to earn a spot in the finals of the Asian Games. The 20-year-old athlete, who will make his Asian Games debut in the first round at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium on Friday, is […]

Fatin Nurfatehah breaks national record at Paris World Cup

KUALA LUMPUR: National elite athlete Fatin Nurfatehah Mat Salleh smashed her own national record in women’s individual compound event at the 2023 Archery World Cup Stage 4 in Paris today. According to the tournament website https://info.worldarchery.org, the 32-year-old athlete amassed a total of 704 points after 72 shots in the qualifying round to determine rankings, […]

Women’s 4x100m quartet settle for bronze despite smashing old national record

PHNOM PENH: The National women’s 4x100m quartet blazed to a new national record at the 2023 Cambodia SEA Games, enroute to winning a bronze medal at the Morodok Techo National Stadium, here yesterday. The Malaysian quartet comprising  Azreen Nabila Alias, Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli, Nur Afrina Batrisya Mohd Rizal and Nur Aishah Rofina Aling clocked 44.58 […]

Mural painter Leonard Siaw is attempting a national record at La Promenade

MURAL painter Leonard Siaw is attempting a national record at La Promenade here. Siaw, who is best known for ‘The Last Ring Ladies’ in Padawan and ‘Coolie Keng’ at Kuching Old Bazaar, has begun work on a 15m by 5m artwork — wider than two terraced houses combined and taller than a one-storey building. He […]

Muhammad Fadhil breaks 11-year-old national record

KUALA LUMPUR: National track cyclist Muhammad Fadhil Mohd Zonis has cracked the 11-year-old national record for 1km time trial at the 2020 World Cycling Championship in Berlin although he failed to win a medal. Muhammad Fadhil clocked 1 min 00.305 sec in winning the qualifying round to break the national record of 1:01.658s, which was set by Rizal Tisin when he […]