Afrina breaks Sukma record in girls' 100m, Danish wins boys' gold


Thumbs up: Afrina Batrisyia Mohd Rizal celebrates after winning the girls' 100m at Malaysia Games (Sukma). - IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

KUCHING: Sprinter Afrina Batrisyia Mohd Rizal from Selangor swept past her opponents to shatter the girl's 100m Malaysia Games (Sukma) record at the Sarawak Stadium on Monday (Jan 19).

The 20-year-old clocked a time of 11.64s, to improve on the previous record of 11.81s set by Terengganu's Azreen Nabila at the 2018 Perak Games in

Terengganu’s Izzatul Musfirah Ahmad took silver with a time of 11.90s, while bronze went to Sarawak’s Carmilla Octavia Cooray, who clocked 12.19s.

Johor’s Danish Ifthikar Mohammad took the sprint king title by finishing his race with a time of 10.53s in the boys' 100m final.

Selangor’s Danish Irfan Tamrin took silver with a time of 10.60s while Pahang’s Efrain Feerzan Qhan came in third with a time of 10.66s.

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