400m winner Aiman admits catching up with Umar is hard to do


PETALING JAYA: Johor’s Aiman Najmi Anuar sprung a surprise to win the men’s 400m in the Super Series MA International Meet at the Merdeka Stadium yesterday.

The 20-year-old Bukit Jalil Sports School pre-university student posted a time of 47.57s to pip national runner Sayyid Amin Roslan in the last 100m by 0.11s.

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