Queenie Ting sets 48.56m to break discus throw national record

SEA Games bronze medalist Queenie Ting Kung Ni  threw a distance of 48.56m to set a new national record in women's discus throw today (11 April) during the 2021 Malaysian Grand Prix meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

The 23-year-old eclipsed the previous national record of 47.91m set in the 2017 SEA Games by her  training partner, Connie Choo.

Both are currently under the guidance of coach Mohamad Ali Hamid.

The Physical Education student in UPM improved over 2-metres of her personal best of 46.51m she recorded en-route to win the 2019 national athletics championships.

Queenie Ting Kung Ni

She opened her competition in a dismal throw of 39.70m and improved the mark with 44.27m in the second throw. 

She fouled in her third throw, during which a former national record holder Yap Jeng Tzan (PB: 47.79m) took the lead in 44.82m - her best throw of the competition (3rd place).

As the competition progresses, Queenie fouled again, but improved on her mark to 45.45m in her 5th attempt, before setting the record in the 6th or last attempt.

Connie, who was the winner of previous GP meeting in 2019 (44.39m), and is nursing her injured leg, made a 45.53m throw in the 4th attempt, which surpassed Yap's for second placing.

Meanwhile, Abdul Rahman Lee, a training partner of both Queenie and Connie, won the men's discus throw in 48.50m.

Elsewhere, Ngu Jia Xin won the women's high jump on a countback over Yap Sean Yee (PB 1.83m), both were registering 1.76m. Heptathlete Norliyana Kamaruddin was in 3rd place (1.72m).

Jonah Chang Rigan sets national U20 record in shot put

Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli threw 16.47m to win the men's shot put. Very near trailing the Paralympic champion was Jonah Chang Rigan, 18, who managed a final throw of 16.45m - a new national junior record for a 7.26kg implement.

Selected results (day 2).

MEN

400m

1. Muhammad Ilham Suhaimi 49.06

2. Luqmanul Hakim Khairul Akmal 49.26

3. Ruslem Zikry Putra Roseli 49.57

4. Cheah Yau Chung 50.09

5. Wan Muhammad Fazri Wan Zahari 50.76

Heat 1

1. Wan Muhammad Fazri Wan Zahari 50.01

2. Abdul Wafiy Roslan 50.14

3. Muhammad Aammar Aaman Nor Azmi 50.32

Heat 2

1. Muhammad Ilham Suhaimi 49.08

2. Ruslem Zikry Putra Roseli 49.18

3. Cheah Yau Chung 49.88

4. Muhammad Saiful Safwan Saifuddin 50.21

Heat 3

1. Luqmanul Hakim Khairul Akmal 49.21

2. Tharshan Shanmugam 50.02

3. Khairul Hafiz Jantan 50.03

110m hurdles (w?)

1. Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian 14.50

2. Benedict Ian Gawok 14.78

3. Muhammad Rizzua Haizad Muhammad 14.86

4. Wong Chun Yee 15.01

5. Mohd Fazillah Khamis 15.42

5000m

1. Ahmad Luth Hamizan 15:58.16

2. Dinesh Verma 16:02.98

3. Muhaizar Mohamad 16:04.26

4. Nik Fakaruddin Ismail 16:18.22

5. Daren James Naim 16:19.32

6. Zulkhairi Shahrim 16:20.55

Triple Jump

1. Muhammad Hakimi Ismail 14.52

2. Alvin Roland 14.35

3. Muhammad Hanif Che Hamid 14.03

Shot Put

1. Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli 16.47

2. Jonah Chang Rigan 16.45 / NJR (7.26kg)

3. Kong Chin Poh 15.61

4. Farm Loong Deng 15.60

5. Kamal Farhan A.Rahman 15.04

Discus Throw

1. Abdul Rahman Lee 48.50

2. Tan Jing Cheng 40.76

3. Muhammad Firyal Asyqil Mohd Zawawi 37.30

WOMEN

100m hurdles (w?)

1. Norliayana Kamaruddin 15.49

2. Juriani Mat Rodzi 15.66

3. Nur Shaqirah Cik Mat Kilau 15.66

4. Nur Syafiqah Anis Abu Bakar 16.31

High Jump

1. Ngu Jia Xin 1.76

2. Yap Sean Yee 1.76

3. Norliyana Kamaruddin 1.72

4. Nini Sharmiza Salim 1.60

Long Jump

1. Kirthana Ramasamy 6.00

2. Siti Zubaidah Adabi 5.84

3. Nurul Ashikin Abbas 5.70

4. Winnie Eng May Xin 5.40

Discus Throw

1. Queenie Ting Kung Ni 48.56 / NR

2. Connie Choo Kang Ni 45.53

3. Yap Jeng Tzan 44.82

4. Nur Atiqah Sufiah Md Hanizam 42.07

Day 1 story and results HERE

Complete results HERE