14-year-old Jad Rizalman Runs 10.96 in 100m
>> September 22, 2019
Malaysia has another sprint king in the making, he was born in June 2005, and now 14.
Sabah's Jad Rizalman Washif has run the 100m in 10.96 (+1.2) to become the 2nd Malaysian and Southeast Asian to run an auto-time sub-11 with a legal wind at the (relative) age of 14 (to 31 December).
He improved his personal best from 11.20 he set in April.
Rizalman who stands 1.72m also participated in the 200m and clocked 22.31 (+2.1) to complete a double in the Under 16 category of the 2nd Tuaran Open Track and Field which ended today (22/9).
His legal best time of 22.65 was recorded last year at the age of 13 during a senior-level regional games of BIMG-EAGA at Brunei.
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| Jad Rizalman runs 100m in 10.96 at the age of 14 |
Rizalman came into the limelight two years ago as he grabbed four gold medals (U12 category) from the 100m, 200m 4x100m, and 4x200m at the National Schools Championships in Penang.
Just last months, Malaysian teen Muhammad Azeem Fahmi who was born in April 2004, has set blistering times of 10.63 in 100m and 21.15 in 200m, which are the real benchmarks of the World's Best Performance for the age of 15 (male) in the sprint events.
During the National schools (U15) in April, Rizalman finished in second place in the 200m (22.66) behind Azeem Fahmi who set a new record and superb time of 21.24.
He also competed at the 2019 Western Australia Little Athletics in March and won a gold medal at 200m.
More recently, he won the 100m dash of the International Little Athletics Championship (U14) at Pahang in 11-flat hand-timed.
Meanwhile, the men's senior category of the local meeting was won by national champion Muhammad Haiqal Hanafi with a wind-aided time of 10.49 (+2.7), leaving National Games champion, Muhammad Aqil in second (10.55) and Zulfiqar Ismail in third (10.62).
Results of 2nd Tuaran Open can be viewed here
Results of 2nd Tuaran Open can be viewed here
