National sprinter Muhammad Haiqal Hanafi was crowned South East Asia’s ‘Sprint King’ after winning the gold in the men’s 100m final at the New Clark City Athletics Stadium here today.
The 20-year-old Tunku Mahkota Ismail Sports School student hit the tape with a time of 10.35 seconds to win the blue ribbon event, in the process defending Malaysia’s gold won by Khairul Hafiz Jantan on home soil in 2017.
Thailand sprinters Sowan Ruttanapon dan Chuangchai Bandit took the silver and bronze, recording 10.49 seconds and 10.52 seconds respectively.
Muhammad Haiqal Hanafi was crowned South East Asia’s ‘Sprint King’ after winning the gold in the men’s 100m final at the New Clark City Athletics Stadium 8 December 2019. Image: Bernama
Meanwhile, national sprinter Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli could only manage sixth place in the women’s 100 metre’s final with a time of 11.84 seconds.
The race was won by Vietnam’s Le Tu Chinh in 11.54 seconds, followed by host nation sprinter Kristina Marie Knott (11.55 seconds) and Singapore’s Shanti Veronica Pereira with a time of 11.66 seconds.
Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers
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Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA.
She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA.
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