No going home, Jonathan sticks to training at varsity


ATM's Jonathan Nyepa gestures after winning the men's 200m final of the 95th Malaysia Open National Championships at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil, May 12,2018. GLENN GUAN/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Most students from local higher education institutions who had been stuck in their hostels since March 18, have gone home after permission was granted on April 27. Not Jonathan Nyepa.

The national sprinter is staying put in his campus in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in Serdang to continue with his training.

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