SEA Games: Jackie Wong sets new hammer throw record

By AFTAR SINGH

Wong poses near the scoreboard showing his new Games record in the hammer throw

KUALA LUMPUR: National hammer thrower Jackie Wong Siew Cheer (pic) broke the SEA Games record with a hurl of 65.90m at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil Wednesday.

His effort erased the previous record of 65.63m set by Filipino Caleb Stuart at the 2015 Singapore SEA Games.

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