Final jump does the trick as Nazri creates history


Up and away: Triple jumper Muhd Nazri Mustafa cleared a personal best of 15.05m to clinch gold in the Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Bangkok yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Triple jumper Muhd Nazri Mustafa saved his best for last en route to creating history in the second Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Kedah athlete cleared a personal best 15.05m in his sixth and last jump at the Suphachalasai National Sta-dium yesterday to become the first Malaysian to clinch gold in the boys’ Under-17 meet.

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