Hammer thrower Wong gives knockout show with national record

Catch me if you can: Mohd Arsyad Md Saat (left) racing ahead of Mohd Azeem Mohd Fahmi (centre) and Jonathan Nyepa to win the 100m final at the Malaysian Athletics Grand Prix in Bukit Jalil. — SHAARI CHEMAT/The Star

PETALING JAYA: One would have expected hammer thrower Grace Wong to get off to a slow start at the Malaysian Athletics Grand Prix – after all, she has not competed in any tournament for more than a year.

But instead, the 21-year-old turned on the power to rewrite a new national record by hurling the hammer to a distance of 62.48m en route to winning the gold at the National Sports Council training track in Bukit Jalil yesterday.