Malaysian sprinters Badrul Hisham Abdul Manap (right) and Asnawi Hashim after the 100m race at the Asean Schools Games on Monday.
KUALA LUMPUR: Badrul Hisham Abdul Manap has emerged as the top sprinter in the Asean Schools Games in Brunei after bagging the double sprint.
The 18-year-old, who smashed the 17-year-old national record of 10.30 by clocking a personal best of 10.29 in the boys’ 100m final in Bandar Seri Begawan on Monday, has rewritten his own meet record by clocking 21.39 in winning the 200m on Tuesday.
It was a 1-2 for Malaysia in the race as Khairul Hafiz Jantan clocked an impressive 21.47 for the silver, while Thailand’s Vitsanu Phosri (22.05) took bronze.
The Malacca boy’s previous meet record of 21.61 was set in Marikina City, the Philippines, last year.
His new 200m time, however, is still way off his personal best of 20.88, which he set in the Universiti Malaysia Kangar (Unimap) Open in Arau last month.
The good news is that Badrul has qualified on merit for next year’s Under-19 Junior World Championships. (IAAF have yet to decide on the venue and competition date after Russia were banned from hosting it in Kazan in July following a doping scandal).
Badrul, who is doing his pre-university studies at the Tunku Mahkota Ismail Sports School (SSTMI) in Johor, was thrilled with his achievement.
“My mission today was to clock a personal best in the 200m ... after I had broken the national 100m record. But I failed to do it because of wind conditions,” said Badrul, who will be going for his treble in the 4X100m relay on Wednesday.
“But I’m happy to rewrite my own meet record. I will continue to train harder to improve my time at next year’s Junior World meet.”
Malaysia bagged four more golds on Tuesday.
R. Kirthana broke the girls’ triple jump record with a leap of 12.69m to erase the five-year-old mark of 12.67m set by Jamjuree Kwangsong of Thailand in Kuala Lumpur in 2010.
Faris Hazim Jamaluddin broke the boys’ discus record with a throw of 53.14m, beating the previous mark of 52.95m set by Thailand’s Suriya Putkaew in Surabaya in 2012.
The other two gold medals came from Mohd Rizzua Haizad Muhamad, who clocked 14.24 in the boys’ 110m hurdles; and Quek Lee Yong, who posted a personal best time of 52.18 in the boys’ 400m hurdles.
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