Top junior Khairul from SSTMI devoted to family and sprint career


ATT TO SPORT DESK: FOR 1st HARI RAYA School Principal Suhaimi Sun Abdullah (second from right ), coach Mohd Poad Mohd Kassim (third from right) celebrating Hari Raya season with sprinters Badrul Hisyam Abdul Manap(standing in light green shirt), Khairul Hafiz Jantan (standing in yellow shirt) and others athletes at Sports School Tunku Mahkota Ismail Bandar Penawar, Johor. Pic by ABDUL RAHMAN EMBONG/The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR: Khairul Hafiz Jantan is not only the fastest junior sprinter in Asia. He is also a devoted son.

The first thing he did after receiving the RM12,500 incentive from the National Sports Council (NSC) – for winning a gold and two silvers in the 17th Asian Junior Championships in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, last month – was to hand it over to his parents.

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