Lee Hup Wei Set 2.29m to become first Malaysian in IAAF World Championship finals

Malaysia' Lee Hup Wei has becomes the first Malaysian to compete in the final of the IAAF World Championships in athletics.

The 32-year-old has set a new personal best of 2.29m to place in the 5th position out of 31 athletes.

No one including the defending World champion, Mutaz Barshim of Qatar has managed a 2.31m clearance - an automatic qualification mark for the finals.

Ten other athletes have cleared 2.29m, including Hup Wei and the top 12 would advance to the final round.

Lee Hup Wei enters the final round of the IAAF World championships

For a record, Lee Hup Wei won a gold medal from the 2007 Asian championships at Amman after clearing 2.24m.

He then competed in the next two Olympics, Beijing in 2008 (2.20m)  and London in 2012 (2.16m), without advancing to the finals.

He won three gold medals at the SEA Games, in 2007 at Nakhon Ratchasima (2.19m), in 2009 at Vientiane (2.18m), and in 2011 at Palembang (2.15m).

He also competed in the recent Asian Games at Jakarta and the Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast. He set 2.20 and 2.21, respectively in these Games.

He is coached by Alex Gasparyan.

High jump qualification summary at Doha

Lee Hup Wei's progress in high jump:

2006 - 2.15    

2007 - 2.24    

2008 - 2.27   

2009 - 2.24    

2010 - 2.27   

2011 - 2.15    

2012 - 2.21    

2013 - 2.22    

2014 - 2.18    

2015 - 2.17    

2016 - 2.22    

2017 - 2.24    

2018 - 2.28    

2019 - 2.29

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Results Tuaran Open Track and Field Championships

National sprint champion Muhammad Haiqal Hanafi won the men's 100m during the 2nd Tuaran Open Track and Field at Kota Belud, which ended today (22/9).

He clocked a wind-aided time of 10.49 (+2.7) and finished ahead of National Games champion, Muhammad Aqil in second (10.55) and Zulfiqar Ismail in third (10.62).

National sprinter Siti Fatimah Mohamad won the women's 100m in a time of 11.93 (+0.9). Komalam Shally came second in 12.16 and Sabah's Chelsea Cassiopea third in 12.33.

The best performance of the two-day meet was in the men's discus throw. Three-time SEA Games champion, Irfan Shamsuddin has thrown 57.66m, a distance that would easily win a SEA Games gold.

Selected results as follows;

MEN
100m (+2.7) (21)
1. Muhammad Haiqal Hanafi 10.49w
2. Muhammad Aqil Yasmin 10.55w
3. Mohd Zulfiqar Ismail 10.62w
4. Muhammad Syazrul Adli Saiful Adli  10.74w
5. Muhammad Norbik 11.06w
6. Matsyawalludin Mohamad Muis 11.19w
7. Rayzamshah Wan Sofian 11.91w

Heat 1 (+1.2)
1h1 Rayzamshah Wan Sofian 11.09

Heat 3 (+1.2)
1h3 Mohd Zulfiqar Ismail 10.77

Heat 4 (+1.2)
1h4 Muhammad Aqil Yasmin 10.92

Heat 5 (+0.9)
1h5 Muhammad Haiqal Hanafi 10.75
2h5 Muhammad Syazrul Adli Saiful Adli 10.80
3h5 Muhammad Norbik 11.09

200m (+1.6) (22)
1. Muhammad Syazrul Adli Saiful Adli 21.84
2. Loganes Thilaganathan 21.97
3. Muhammad Norbik 22.61

Heat 3 (+0.5)
1h3 Muhammad Syazrul Adli Saiful Adli 22.12

Heat 4 (0.0)
1h4 Aqil Yasmin 21.89
2h4 Loganes Thilaganathan 22.24

400m (21)
1. Loganes Thilaganathan 48.83
.2 Mohd Azmir Abdul Rahman 50.65

800m (22)
1. Raymond Yew 1:58.72

1500m (21)
1. Raymond Yew 4:16.96
2. Putra Azrul Syazwan Azman 4:18.54

110mh (+1.0) (21)
1. Rayzamshah Wan Sofian 14.95
2. Alvine Jostine 14.97
3. Muhammad Ridzwan Ridal 15.20
4. Mohd Raid Ramlee 15.83

High Jump (22)
1. Farell Glenn Felix Jurus 2.05
2. Mohd Eizlan Dahalan 2.01
3. Safaruddin Yusra 1.89
4. Mohd Aiman Fitri Osman 1.89

Triple Jump (22)
1. Muhammad Sunik 14.68

Shot Put (21)
1. Kong Chin Poh 15.69
2. Sim Quan Ying 13.18

Discus Throw (22)
1. Muhammad Irfan Shamsuddin 57.66
2. Abdul Rahman Lee 48.49
3. Junaidi Sulaiman 38.91
4. Jeffry Chan Wen Jie 38.07
5. Reveynylle Jonias 37.51

Javelin Throw (21)
1. Linus Nicholas 52.78


Under 16

100m (+1.2) (21)
1. Jad Rizalman Washif 10.96    (*born 18 June 2005)
2. Khairulnash Mohamad 11.02
3. Amar Abdullah Yaakub 11.20
4. Hanssen Yap Soon Fu 11.32

Heat 5 (+0.9)
1h5 Khairulnash Mohamad 11.25

Heat 7 (+0.8)
1h7 Amar Abdullah Yaakub 11.29
Heat 9 (+0.6)
1h9 Jad Rizalman Washif 11.31

200m (+2.1) (22)
1. Jad Rizalman Washif 22.31w
2. Rey Dern 22.44w
3. Amar Abdullah Yaakub 22.56w
4. Khairulnash Mohamad 23.07w

400m (21)
1. Rozales Sigau Ladai 51.78

110mh (0.91) (+0.9) (21)
1. Safarudin Tajuddin 14.93
2. Preston Jude Paulinus 15.04
3. Aizul Hussin 15.16

Long Jump (22)
1. Asrul Badroldin 6.74
2. Arold Rannio Geoffrey 6.63


WOMEN

100m (+0.9) (21)
1. Siti Fatimah Mohamad 11.93
2. Komalam Shally Selveratnam 12.16
3. Chelsea Cassiopea Evali 12.33

Heat 2 (+0.5)
1h2 Chelsea Cassiopea Evali 12.30

200m (+0.5) (22)
1. Komalam Shally Selveratnam 26.04
2. Siti Fatimah Mohamad 26.17

400m (21)
1. Fathin Faqihah Mohd Yusuf 57.48
2. Chelsea Cassiopea Evali 57.83

800m (22)
1. Hizillawanty Jamain 2:29.87

100mh (21)
1. Karmentina Nadia Quadra 15.55
2. Vianeybanu Junin 15.91

400mh (22)
1. Nur Nasyatul Nadia Md Nasri 68.06

High Jump (22)
1. Ngu Jia Xin 1.75

Long Jump (22)
1. Nurul Ashikin Abas 5.53

Triple Jump (22)
1. Nurul Ashikin Abas 12.67

Discus Throw (21)
1. Queenie Ting Kung Ni 45.51
2. Connie Choo Kang Nie 44.69
3. Ira Elisa Lajium 34.08

Javelin Throw (21)
1. Olivia Da Onidian Jainis 35.09


Under 16

High Jump (21)
1, Dayang Shari Uluk 1.55

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14-year-old Jad Rizalman Runs 10.96 in 100m

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.

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.

Read: Azeem Fahmi runs 100m in 10.63

Read: Azeem Fahmi sets 21.15 in 200m

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

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Results Malaysia Closed Track and Field 2019

Kuala Lumpur, 16-18 August 2019 "96th Malaysian National Championships"
- national championships
- held at the -up track of National stadium at Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
- hammer throw was held at UNITEN, Kajang
- selected results (Day 3) as follows;

DAY 1 / DAY 2 / FULL RESULTS

MEN
800m (18)
1. Royson Vincent 1:50.56
2. Putra Azrul Syazman Azman 1:51.87
3. Wan Muhammad Fazri Wan Zahri 1:52.14
4. Avinesh Autin Murugan 1:52.70

5000m (18)
1. Nik Fakaruddin Ismail 15:44.65
2. Christopher Soosai 1557.00
3. Soh Wai Ching 16:18.59

400mh (18)
1. Ruslem Zikry Putra Roseli 53.16
2. Muhammad Firdaus Mazalan 54.24
3. Mohd Aftar Rosli 54.51

High Jump (18)
1. Mohd Eizlan Dahalan 2.05
2. Norshafiee Mohd Shah 2.05
3. Prakash Krishnan 2.00

Long Jump (18)
1. Abdul Latiff Romly 7.64
2. Lokman Hakim Ramlan 7.58
3. Muhammad Azim Abdul Kefli 7.29
4. Muhammad Raihan Aluwi 7.21

Discus Throw (18)
1. Irfan Shamsuddin 57.38
2. Abdul Rahman Lee 50.77
3. Mirach Han 40.08

Hammer Throw (18)
1. Jackie Wong Siew Cheer 68.22 / NR
2. Sadat Marzuqi Ajisan 55.63
3. Michael Sia 47.38

20000m Walk (18)
1. Mohd Khairil Harith Harun 1:39:05.55
2. Mohd Nor Azuan Md Nor 1:48:04.42
3. Teban Raj Chander 1:49:52.41

4x100m (18)
1. Johor Team 40.96
2. ATM Team 41.13
3. Terengganu Team 41.22


WOMEN
400mh (18)
1. Mandy Goh Li 64.06
2. Nur Nasyatul Nadia Md Nasri 66.64
3. Nur Afiqah Skainah Abd Halim Ismail 67.33

800m (18)
1. Savinder Kaur 2:12.61
2. Padhmaloshini Jayaseelan 2:14.97
3. Nor Ainaa Valqis Hashim 2:21.54

Pole Vault (18)
1. Chuah Yu Tian 3.60
2. Nor Sarah Adi 3.40
3. Nurul Fitriyana Abd Rani 3.40

Discus Throw (18)
1. Queenie Ting Kung Ni 46.51
2. Choo Kang Ni 46.05
3. Yap Jeng Tzan 42.67

Hammer Throw (18)
1. Grace Wong Xiu Mei 54.10
2. Nurul Hidayah Lukman 50.31
3. Nurfazira Jalaluddin 44.17

4x100m (18)
1. ATM Team 46.78
2. Terengganu Team 48.02
3. Johor Team 48.35

Heptathlon (18)

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Jackie Wong Throws 68.22m for his 13th National Hammer Record

Jackie Wong Siew cheer has grown steadily stronger and better since setting his first senior national record in 2013 at Palembang (59.53m).

It was after over three-year of serious attempts to break Wong Tee Kue's national record of 58.52m, which had stood for 20 years.

Today on 18 August 2019, he shattered his own national hammer throw record again during the 96th Malaysian National championships.

He first registered 67.50m during his second throw to eclipse his previous record national record of 67.31m he set 5 weeks ago at Gwangju.

Jacki Wong threw another national record of 68.22m at Kajang

The 27-year-old defending SEA Games champion improved the mark during his fifth attempt, throwing the iron ball at a distance of 68.22m, that is a new national record that to be counted from this meeting.

The hammer throw event was held separately at UNITEN sports complex at Kajang, while other events at the warm-up track of the national stadium, Kuala Lumpur.

Under the watchful eyes of China's former Asian champion Gu Yuan, Jackie has broken his own national record for 13th time since the first one in 2013.

Jackie's annual best performance and a complete list of his national records as follows;


2011
58.30m
Kuala Lumpur
MAAU invitation (time trial)
3 July 2011

2012
55.27m
Kuala Lumpur
Selangor state championships
10 June 2012

2013
59.53m (NR) - 1st
Palembang, Indonesia
Islamic Solidarity Games
27 September 2013

59.75m (NR) - 2nd
Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
Southeast Asian Games
15 December 2013

2014
62.19m (NR) - 3rd
Kuala Lumpur
FTAAA Championships
19 April 2014

2015
63.71m (NR) - 4th
Santa Cruz, Philippine
National Championships
19 March 2015

2016
64.50m (NR) - 5th
Kuantan
State Championships
6 March 2016

2017
64.55m (NR) - 6th
Mokpo, South Korea
Throwing meet invitation
7 April 2017

64.95m (>NR) *not ratified.
Kangar
MAKSAK Championships
19 May 2017

64.67m (NR) - 7th
Bangkok, Thailand
National Open Championships
14 June 2017

65.34m (NR) - 8th
Jeongseon, South Korea
KBS cup (throwing meet invitation)
27 June 2017

65.90m (NR) - 9th
Kuala Lumpur
Southeast Asian Games
23 August 2017

2018
66.01m (NR) - 10th
Kuala Lumpur
National Championships
13 May 2018

2019
67.01 (NR) - 11th
Doha
Asian Championships
24 April 2019

67.31m (NR) - 12th
Gwangju, South Korea
National Open Championships
6 July 2019

68.22m (NR) - 13th
Kuala Lumpur
National Championships
18 August 2019

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