Sprinter Badrul misses national record by 0.04s

Malaysia's, (L-R) Badrul Hisyam, Nirosh Kumar, Azam Masri and Nixon Kennedy celebrate for their team after won gold medal during 4 x 100 Metres Relay Category during 1st Asian School Track & Field Championship Malaysia 2013 in Stadium Darul Makmur at Kuantan, Pahang. September 21, 2013. FAIHAN GHANI/The Star.

SHAH ALAM: Sprinter Badrul Hisyam Abdul Manap came close to breaking the men’s 100m national record by clocking 10.34 in the heats in the 50th Pahang Open Athletics Championships at the Darul Makmur Stadium in Kuantan.

The 19-year-old was only 0.04 seconds short of the national mark of 10.30 set by Watson Nyambek at the 1998 pre-Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.