Khairul Hafiz shatters national 100m record at Sukma

Melaka's Khairul Hafiz Jantan poses with the unofficial scoreboard after winning the the men's 100m final at the Sukma Games in Kuching, Sarawak, July 27, 2016. He broke the national record with the official time of 10.18. GLENN GUAN/The Star

KUCHING: Sprinter Khairul Hafiz Jantan could not have asked for a better stage to break the 18-year-old men’s national 100m record.

The 18-year-old from Malacca blazed the track in 10.18 seconds to clinch the gold medal in the Sukma blue riband event at the Sarawak Stadium in Petra Jaya on Wednesday.