Not the ‘spur’ that Hakimi needs to reach Olympics

By T. AVINESHWARAN

Muhammad Hakimi Ismail competes in the men's triple jump final of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Sports Arena in Gold Coast, Australia,- GLENN GUAN/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Competing in the Olympic Games seems like a distant dream for national long jumper Mohd Hakimi Ismail.

A bone spur could scupper his plans to compete in the Qosanov Memorial in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on June 19 which is one of the last Olympics qualifying tournaments for athletics.

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