Badrul picks Sukma over World Championships


SEPANG, 29 Nov -- Atlet muda negara Badrul Hisham Abdul Manap, 18, yang muncul Raja Pecut Sekolah ASEAN 2015 tiba di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur 2 (klia2) hari ini. Beliau memecahkan rekod kebangsaan larian 100 meter dengan catatan 10.29s, 0.01 saat lebih pantas daripada rekod milik Watson Nyambek. --fotoBERNAMA (2015) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

KUALA LUMPUR: Every athlete is taught to dream big and aim high from day one. For how else can you achieve greatness?

But try telling that to Badrul Hisyam Abdul Manap, who clocked 10.29 in the 100m final of the Asean Schools Games in Brunei last November to become the fastest teenage sprinter in South-East Asia.

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