Malaysian teen sprint sensation Muhammad Azeem Fahmi has just recorded another personal best in the 100m.
He clocked 10.57 seconds (-0.1) to win the under-16 category of the 3rd Bukit Jalil Sports School's track and field meeting at Kuala Lumpur today (16 November 2019).
This incredible result came after a 45-min delay due to heavy rain.
He lowered his previous record of 10.63 from this year's National school championships, which put him as one of the fastest sprinters in the world for his age.
Azeem Fahmi, 15, runs a superb time of 10.57 in the 100m, a new personal best
A 10.57 in the 100m would equal the under-18 record of Malaysian schools championships held by Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian since 2006.
Quoting from the most reliable statistical information, Jamaican sprinter Bouwahjgie Nkrumi holds this year's world's fastest time in the 100m in 10.54 for the age-group of 15.
Azeem's 10.57 timing is the world's second-fastest behind Nkrumi.
Azeem's 200m time of 21.15 is still the world's fastest time for the age-group of 15. He tied with American sprinter Erriyon Knighton.
Of note, Spanish youngster Daniel Gonzalez was said to have run 10.45 and 21.03 in the 100m and 200m, respectively but this is subject to confirmation of his timing regularities and age.
The questions remain, how fast and how much faster can he go?
Malaysia's SEA Games representative Andre Anura @ Anuar soared to 7.90m in the men's long jump to set a new national record.
Interestingly, it was set in a low-key Sabah's local track meeting, 3rd Berwang Open at Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu this morning (2 Nov 2019),
His first attempt jump was good enough to renew the previous record of 7.88m held by his fellow Sabahan Josbert Tinus since the 2007 Thailand Open.
The 20-year-old had a personal record of 7.72m prior to this meeting that he set during the Malaysia Open Grand Prix earlier in March.
This record is pending ratification by the Malaysia Athletics Federation.
If all requirements are met, the record will be ratified. Apart from sanction from the governing body or its affiliates, wind reading is compulsory and must be within the allowed limit of +2.0 m/s, and others.
He was the finalist of this year's Asian Athletics championships at Doha after recording a 7.58m distance during his qualifying round.
His first major meet was the 9th IAAF World Youth Championships in 2015 in Cali, Colombia. He took part in the triple jump during this under 18 age-group competition.
Based on this result, he now ranks second of the Southeast Asian lists behind Indonesia’s Asian Games medalist Sapwaturrahman (7.97m).
Malaysia’s teen sprinter Muhammad Azeem Fahmi notched his second-fastest time ever in the 100m dash, winning in 10.64 into a slight headwind (-0.5) in Perak All-Comers II at Teluk Intan on Sunday (20 October).
Azeem whose PB is 10.63 in the century dash got off to a good start and finished strongly to produce his third sub-10.70 performance.
The 15-year-old won the under-16 category, breezed unchallenged through to the line with Ahmad Amir Aiman Kamarudin and Luqman Nur Hakim Wahab in second (11.38) and third (11.41) places, respectively.
The senior category was won by national sprinter Mohd Aqil Yasmin who as well recorded 10.64 (-0.3). Behind Aqil were Selangor's Muhammad Aiman Faris Sayuti (11.18) and Sabah's Muhammad Din Norbik (11.22).
Meanwhile, Irfan Shamsuddin, the winner of the last three SEA Games editions produced the best performance of the two-day meet. He hurdled the discus to a distance of 54.05 - a distance that would defend his SEA Games gold medal.
Azeem became a known sprint figure as he clocked 10.63 and 21.24 in the 100m and 200m, respectively during the April national schools meeting to become one of the World's all-time bests at his age for both events.
Azeem's all-time best performance in the 100m
10.63 ... Iskandar Puteri ... MSSM / National Schools ... 21 April 2019
10.64 ... Teluk Intan ... Perak All-Comers ... 20 October 2019
10.69 ... Ilagan (PHI) ... SEA Youth ... 2 March 2019
10.70 ... Khon Kaen (THA) ... Sports School Invitational ... 2 August 2019
10.85 ... Ilagan (PHI) ... SEA Youth ... 2 March 2019
10.72 ... Iskandar Puteri ... MSSM / National Schools ... 21 April 2019
10.72 ... Semarang (INA) ... ASEAN Schools ... 20 July 2019
10.78 ... Shah Alam ... MSSM / National Schools ... 23 April 2018
10.85 ... Semarang (INA) ... ASEAN Schools ... 20 July 2019
Selected and best results (Perak All-Comers II 2019)
MEN
100m (-0.3) (20)
1. Mohd Aqil Yasmin 10.64 ... 10.80/+0.1 as 1h4
2. Muhammad Aiman Faris Sayuti 11.18
3. Muhammad Din Norbik 11.22
200m (19)
1. Muhammad Din Norbik 22.54
400m (19)
1. Muhammad Hadzamier Abdul Muhaimin 49.37
10000m W (20)
1. Teban Raj Chander 52:54.80
2. Muhammad Alif Mubrak Ahmad 54:20.45
Mixed relay
4x100m mixed (20)
1. Kesatuan Olahraga Malaysia Team 43.91 / National Best Performance
(Azreen Nabila Alias, Jonathan Nyepa, Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli, Nixson Kennedy)
Under 16 100m (-0.5) (20)
1. Muhammad Azeem Fahmi 10.64
2. Ahmad Amir Aiman Kamaruddin 11.38
3. Luqman Nur Hakim Abdul Wahab 11.41
High Jump (19)
1. Aqamudin Azhan 1.90
Discus Throw (1.5kg) (19)
1. Muhammad Haziq Shaari 44.18
WOMEN
100m (-0.9) (20)
1. Azreen Nabila Alias 12.09 ... 12.19/-0.4 as 1h1
2. Aisyah Rofina Aling 12.78
3. Siva Sangkari Asokan 13.16
400m (19)
1. Teoh Kim Chyi 57.92
800m (20)
1. Siti Aisyah Abd Rashid 2:31.85
5000m (19)
1. Sasikala Ganesan 20:31.39
2. Marlin Hing 20:44.82
3. Margreat Mary Johnson 22:18.97
400mh (20)
1. Teoh Kim Ling 67.16
2. Noor Atikah Abdul Zaimi 71.03
High Jump(20)
1. Amni Mohd Naqib 1.60
Long Jump (20)
1. Kirthana Ramasamy 5.88
Shot Put (19)
1. Connie Choo Kang Ni 10.67
Discus Throw (20)
1. Connie Choo Kang Ni 46.81 (AC Record)
2. Queenie Ting Kung Ni 45.05
It was a neck to neck at the finish of the men's 100m dash during the 59th Indian Open Track and Field championships today (11 October) at Ranchi.
Eight sprinters completed the race within eighty milliseconds (10.46 to 10.53), and one of the top finishers was a Malaysian sprinter, Jonathan Nyepa.
Jonathan Nyepa has clocked 10.47 (+0.6) to clinch a silver medal, edged out by India's Amiya Kumar Mallick who stopped the clock at 10.46.
Jonathan Nyepa during his semifinal race (10.50s)
Jonathan's season-best of 10.37 that he set in July in Finland is the year's fastest time for Malaysia, and 3rd among Southeast Asian sprinters, after Indonesia's Lalu Zohi (10.03) and Thailand's Jirapong Meenapra (10.34).
He has a PB of 10.28 from 2017 South Korean national championships.
His teammate and the recently crowned Malaysian sprint champion Haiqal Hanafi (SB 10.46) was on 6th, clocking 10.50.
Meanwhile, Malaysia's SEA Games silver medalist Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli (SB 11.65) was also in the finals of women's 100m and set 11.92 (+1.0) to finish in the eighth position.
India's Dutee Chand won the race in 11.25, her second-best run ever after; he ran a new national record during the semifinals with a time of 11.22.
Malaysia's Ruslem Zikry, 19, has gone sub-52s for the first time in the men's 400m hurdles, which is his new personal best.
He is scheduled to compete in the SEA Games in December.
Selected results MEN 100m (+0.6) (11)
Men’s 100m Final (+0.6)
1. Amiya Mallick 10.46
2. Jonathan Nyepa MAS 10.47
3. Gurindervir Singh 10.48
4. Harjit Singh 10.48
5. Pranav KS 10.50
6. Haiqal Hanafi MAS 10.50
7. Elakkiyadasan 10.52
8. Abhijith Nair 10.53
4x100m (13)
1. Haryana Team 3:08.51
2. Services Team 3:10.11
3. Malaysia Team 3:11.04
(Muhammad Ilham Suhaimi, Lukmanul Hakim Akmal, Rusleem Zikry Putra Roseli, Putra Azrul Syazwan Azman)
WOMEN
100m final (+1.0) (11)
1. Dutee Chand 11.25
2. Archana Suseendran 11.54
3. Himashree Roy 11.57
4. Chandra Anandhan 11.58
5. Sneha PJ 11.66
6. Priyanka Kalagi 11.68
7. Harika Antaram 11.80
8. Zaidatul Husniah MAS 11.92
Lee Hup Wei has created a history for Malaysian athletics scene as he entered the final round of the men's high jump of the IAAF World Championships at Doha, Qatar (5 Oct).
He has registered a good height of 2.27m to finish in 8th position out of 12 in the finals, and of 31 athletes overall.
Hup Wei’s feat was the best achievement (finalist) by a Malaysian in the history of the World's major athletics competitions, both the World Championships and the Olympic Games.
Lee Hup Wei, a world champ finalist, is being introduced to the crowd
Qatar's Mutaz Barshim defended his gold medal in 2.37m.
The 32-year-old became the first Malaysian in the finals of World championships after clearing a height of 2.29m, a personal-best during the qualification round.
It was just 1 cm shy of the national record of 2.30m that is held by Nauraj Singh Randhawa since 2017.
He is coached by Aleksandr Garparyan at the national training centre at Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.
What must be highlighted is that Lee Hup Wei's height of 1.81m would give a 'differential' of 48 cm (2.29m - 1.81m) which is exactly the difference between 'jumper's height and jumped height' of the all-time best high jumpers in the world, those whose best jumps of at least 2.40m (who had body heights of ~1.93m on average).
Lee Hup Wei at Doha Wold championships
He has been one of the most consistent Malaysian athletes in international competitions.
For a record, he became the Asian champion in 2007 at the age of 20, where he equaled Loo Kum Zee's national record of 2.24m from the 1995 SEA Games.
He then improved the record by 3cm with 2.27m during the "Good Luck Beijing" in 2008, the Olympic test competition, and then registered another two 2.27m in 2010.
He was in 5th place among world-class fields during the 1st IAAF Continental Cup at Split in 2010 after setting 2.25m, and took part in the Commonwealth Games at New Delhi in the same year and also finished in 5th place (2.23m).
Lee Hup Wei (right) and his coach Aleksandr Gasparyan
His participation in the Olympic Games was in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012. He finished in 32nd (2.20m) and 30th (2.16m), respectively in the Games.
He was at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta and also the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
Most recently, he competed in the 2019 Asian championships at Doha (same venue) in April and finished in 4th place with a 2.26m clearance.
Results of men's high jump final
Lee Hup Wei's all-time lists in high jump 2.29 ..... Doha (IAAF WC) ..... 01/10/2019
2.28 ..... Canberra ..... 27/01/2018
2.27 ..... Beijing (Olympic Trial)..... 25/05/2008
2.27 ..... Chennai (Asian GP) ..... 09/06/2010
2.27 ..... Naimette ..... 13/07/2010 2.27 ..... Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia Open GP)..... 31/03/2019 2.27 ..... Doha (IAAF WC) ..... 04/10/2019
2.26 ..... Kuala Lumpur ..... 05/08/2018
2.26 ..... Doha (Asian Champ)..... 24/04/2019
2.25 ..... Buhl ..... 18/06/2010
2.24 ..... Amman (Asian Champ) .... 25/07/2007
2.24 ..... Suzhou (Asian GP) ..... 23/05/2009
2.24 ..... Kunshan (Asian GP) ..... 27/05/2009
2.24 ..... Hong Kong (Asian GP) ..... 30/05/2009
2.24 ..... Bengaluru (Asian GP) ..... 05/06/2010
2.24 ..... Sydney ..... 01/04/2017
2.24 ..... Singapore ..... 27/04/2017
2.24 ..... Kuala Lumpur (SEA Games)..... 26/08/2017
2.24 ..... Sydney ..... 04/02/2018
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
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.
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).