Amazing moment: Mohd Haiqal Hanafi (right) hugging teammate Jonathan Nyepa after winning the 100m race yesterday.
THE news had been all about Olympics-bound Filipino-American star sprinter Eric Shawn Cray, going into the athletics competition. But Eric was not even at the starting line in the blue riband men’s 100m final after being disqualified in the heats.
Instead, it was Malaysian Mohd Haiqal Hanafi who was bathed in glory as the fastest man in South-East Asia.
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