Malaysia’s Usain Bolt is determined to keep the position of the “king” of the SEA Games sprint for the nation

According to the sheet BH Onlinehead coach of Malaysian track and field teamMohd Manshahar Abdul Jalil said 18-year-old athlete Azeem, who is known as Usain Bolt Malaysia, was chosen to replace Russel Alexander Nasir Taib to compete in the tournament. SEA Games 31 takes place from May 12 to 23.

18-year-old athlete Muhammad Azeem Fahmi is likened to the Usain Bolt of Malaysia METRO

Russel Alexander, the men’s 200 m (20.77 s) national record holder, with a personal time of 10.42 s (2019) in the 100m, was previously selected based on his best. this year at the tournament in Brisbane (Australia). Coach Mohd Manshahar said his team was informed that Russel Alexander, based in Australia, suffered a recent soft tissue injury via email, but had no details yet. This forced the Athletics Federation of Malaysia (KOM) to decide to replace him with Muhammad Azeem for the men’s 100m event at SEA Games 31, while Muhammad Arsyad (19 years old) will replace him in the 200m with Jonathan Nyepa.

“The selection is made based on the current performance, which is the best individual performance in the last tournament before the SEA Games. So Muhammad Azeem finished 10.37 seconds for the 100m on March 26. Despite sending young athletes, the achievement goal of Malaysian athletics still promises to maintain success. For this sprint content, the competition is very fierce, so the opportunity is wide open, depending on the current competition situation,” the coach of the Malaysian athletics team told. BH Online.

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Malaysia has dominated the sprint events in the last 2 consecutive SEA Games with the achievements of Khairul Hafiz Jantan (10.38 seconds) in Kuala Lumpur 2017 and Muhammad Haiqal Hanafi (10.35 seconds) in the Philippines for two years. Later.

For the men’s 4x100m event, coach Mohd Manshahar said the national team will be competed by Muhammad Azeem, Muhammad Arsyad, Jonathan, Muhammad Haiqal Hanafi and Muhammad Zulfiqar Ismail depending on individual performance.

Meanwhile, commenting on Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu’s statement that The national track and field team is expected to be the “gold mine” of this country’s sports delegation With the expectation of winning more than 5 gold medals at SEA Games 31, coach Mohd Manshahar said: “We can actually achieve 5 gold medals based on the current performance of athletes and comparison between competing countries, thanks to our success. good personal performance of 32 athletes competing in 29 out of 47 events”.