Published on: Monday, July 05, 2021
By: Bernama
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Three-time SEA Games champion Hup wei is hoping to improve on his personal best of 2.29m.
Kuala Lumpur: Making his third appearance at the Olympics, national high jumper Lee Hup Wei aims to set history as the country’s first track and field Olympian to make it into an athletics event finals.
Based on the Rio 2016 results, the 34-year-old will have to jump in the range of 2.26m and above in the qualifying round, to secure his spot in the finals.
At the 2016 Games, fellow high jumper Nauraj Singh Randhawa together with eight other high jumpers narrowly missed the chance to emerge among the top 15 finalists, despite leaps of 2.26m as they didn’t clear the mark in their first attempt.
JAGUH lompat tinggi negara, Nauraj Singh Randhawa mengakui amat berpuas hati dengan kejayaan meraih pingat emas pada Grand Prix (GP) Hungary Siri Tatabanya awal pagi Ahad.
Published on: Saturday, February 27, 2021
By: Bernama
Hakimi at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. – Getty Images
Kuala Lumpur: After more than a year of non-competitive action at the international level, national triple jumper Muhammad Hakimi Ismail is looking forward to participate in a tournament in Europe after the Aidilfitri celebration in May.
Muhammad Hakimi, who last saw action at the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines, said he must do his best in the tournament in Europe in order to book a slot to the Tokyo Olympics scheduled in July.
“Once I get the ‘green light’ from the National Sports Council (NSC) and the Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF), I hope to compete in the tournament in Europe later and continue training there. Europe especially Germany is very conducive for training and I believe it can help improve my performance and increase my chances of qualifying for the 2020 Olympics,” he said.