KHAIRUL HAFIZ WINS SUKMA 100M WITH NEW RECORD

Khairul Hafiz Jantan wins the 100m Sukma gold medal with a stunning 10.18s, breaking Watson Nyambek's 10.30 set in 1998. The Melaka born sprinter took the right time and place to break the 18-year-old men's national 100m record. The 18-year-old blazed the track in 10.18 seconds to clinch the gold medal in the Sukma blue riband event at the Sarawak Stadium in Petra Jaya on Wednesday.

His effort erased Sarawakian Watson Nyambek's previous mark of 10.30, which was set during the 1998 pre-Commonwealth Games at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil. Khairul's time not only eclipsed the Sukma record of 10.33 set by Watson as well in Kuantan in 1996, but is also just 0.01 off the SEA Games mark of 10.17 set by Indonesia's Suryo Agung Wibowo in Laos in 2009. What makes Khairul's feat all the more memorable is that he blitzed the record on Watson's home ground. Sarawak's Jonathan Nyepa and Badrul Hisyam Abdul Manap of Malacca clocked the same time of 10.36, but Jonathan was awarded the silver. Khairul shed tears of joy after breaking the national record.



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