Malaysian quartet break national record but settle for fourth

Going all out: Malaysia’s Jonathan Nyepa (third from left) making a dash after receiving the baton from Muhd Haiqal Hanafi in the men’s 4x100m final at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday.

MALAYSIA did not have South-East Asia’s fastest man – Khairul Hafiz Jantan – in the men’s 4x100m final due to a thigh muscle injury.

But that did not stop the quartet of Muhd Haiqal Hanafi, Jonathan Nyepa, Badrul Hisyam Abdul Ma­­nap and Nixson Kennedy from breaking the national record by clocking 39.27 seconds at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday.