KUCHING: Kelantan’s Fakrul Afizul Nasir ran a sensational race in the men’s 400m hurdles at the 2024 Sukma today to break his own national record at the Sarawak Stadium.
The 20-year-old stormed to the gold medal in 51.11s to erase his old mark of 51.26s set at the Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea in June last year.
His feat in June last year saw him smash the 18-year-old record of 51.28s set by Shahadan Jamaluddin at the 2005 Philippines SEA Games.
His time today also broke the Games record of 51.79s set by former track ace Zafril Zuslaini of Pahang in the 2004 edition in Negeri Sembilan.
Johor’s Aiman Najmi Anuar (53.20s) and Federal Territories’s Emmanuel Muphy Josbert (53.50s) took silver and bronze.