Reaching the heights


Standing tall: National pole vaulter Iskandar Alwi (centre) posing with the Jalur Gemilang is flanked by coach Teh Weng Chang (left) and team-mate Chuah Yu Tian after he recorded a new national indoor record of 5.20m at the International Indoor Pole Vault Championships in Taiwan yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Iskandar Alwi soared to a perfect start in his first competition of the year.

The Johorean rewrote his national indoor record with a height of 5.20m in the Interna­tional Indoor Pole Vault Champion­ships in Taipei yesterday.

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