Published on: Monday, February 01, 2021
By: Bernama
Kuala Lumpur: National high jumper Nauraj Singh Randhawa (pic), who celebrated his 29th birthday on Wednesday (Jan 27), renewed his own indoor national record at the Indoor Track and Field Vienna 2021 on Saturday (early Sunday in Malaysia).
Nauraj jumped 2.20 metres (m), 0.01 m higher, to set the new record in Austria, according to official results at http://www.trackandfieldvienna.com.
His previous record of 2.19m was set at the 21st Erdgas Indoor Athletics Championships in Chemnitz, Germany on Feb 10, 2019.
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The record breaking feat also helped the three-time SEA Games champion to finish second behind 2018 World Cup bronze medallist Tobias Potye of Germany who jumped 2.26m, while the hosts’ Lionel-Afan Strasser finished third with 2.11m.