Azeem overcomes the heat to clinch 200m gold


PETALING JAYA: Young sprinter Mohd Azeem Mohd Fahmi rose above the scorching heat to win the 200m event in the Singapore Open.

The 17-year-old clocked 21.51 seconds to beat Singaporean duo Reuben Rainer Lee and Jonathan Bull, who clocked 21.59 and 23.13 respectively, to finish second and third. It was nowhere near his personal best of 21.04 but Azeem was happy to have won his first international competition of the year.

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