Azeem rewrites indoor 60m national record

Record-breaker: Mohd Azeem Fahmi clocked 6.63s in the first round of the 60m indoor race to break Watson Nyambek’s record of 6.66s at the World Championships in 1999.

PETALING JAYA: National sprinter Mohd Azeem Fahmi broke his own 60m national record by clocking 6.62s to finish fifth in the final of the Tiger Paw Invitational at Clemson University in South Carolina on Saturday (Feb 11).

Trayvon Bromell finished first with a time of 6.42s, while Marcellus Moore took second with 6.52s. Sterling Warner-Savage completed the podium by finishing third with a time of 6.59s.