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Quiet show by Malaysian athletes on last day in Gumi
Aftar Singh
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Quiet show by Malaysian athletes on last day in Gumi
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's women's 4x100m finished sixth in the Asian Athletics Championships at the Gumi Civic Stadium in South Korea today.
The quartet of Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli, Azreen Nabila Alias, Nur Afrina Batrisyia Rizal and Nur Aishah Rofina Aling
clocked 44.75. They had set a national record of 44.58 to win bronze in the 2023 Sea Games.
In Gumi, the Chinese team (43.28) won gold, India (43.86) and Thailand (44.26) took the silver and bronze respectively.
In men's pole vault, Naufal Shahrul
Afzam, who has a personal best of 5.10m, cleared 4.97m to finish 14th out of 15 athletes. World Championships silver medallist Ernst John Obiena of the Philippines (5.77m) won gold, China's Huang Bokai (5.72m) and Thailand's Patsapong Amsamarng (5.67m) finished second and third respectively.
Malaysia ended the five-day Asian meet with one bronze medal delivered by Irfan Shamsuddin in men's discus.
