Sprinter fails to make 200m final but will be ready for pet race


Mohd Azeem Fahmi.

PETALING JAYA: Sprinter Mohd Azeem Fahmi flew all the way from the United States to participate in the Malaysian Open with big hopes.

But a false start in the men’s 200m semi-final heat put a dampener in Azeem’s home campaign in a rain-interrupted first-day action in the premier athletics competition at the Darul Makmur Stadium in Kuantan yesterday.

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