Mohd Irfan breaks record en-route to discus gold (updated)


NYAPYITAW: Teenager Mohd Irfan Shamsuddin created the biggest surprise on the first day of the athletics competition by breaking his national record by more than three metres en route to win the gold medal in the men’s discus at the Wunna Theikdi Main Stadium on Sunday.

The burly 18-year-old cleared 53.16m in the sixth and last throw to better his previous national record of 49.90m which he set in the Brunei Open last month.

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