Sailor Khairulnizam aims for a splashing show in Rio

Nur Shazrin Mohd Latif (3rd from left) and Khairulnizam Afendy (blue cap) and their teamates posing for a photograph after arriving back to KLIA from the Asian Sailing Championships in Abu Dhabi. SAMUEL ONG / THE STAR, 14TH MARCH 2016.

SEPANG: Sailor Khairulnizam Afendy will do whatever it takes to live up to his billing as the continent’s flag bearer for Laser Standard in his second Olympic appearance in Rio de Janeiro in August.

That includes putting aside the chance to graduate with a Degree in Sports Science from Universiti Teknologi Mara this year.