Azeem, Shereen on track to get wild cards for World Championships


One for the album: Sprint king Mohd Azeem Fahmi taking a wefie with students at the meet-and-greet session at SMK Putrajaya Presint 8(1) in Putrajaya on July 24. - S.S. KANESAN

PETALING JAYA: Sprinter Mohd Azeem Fahmi and SEA Games women’s 400m champion Shereen Samson Vallabouy are in the running for wild card slots to represent Malaysia in the World Championships from Aug 19-27 in Budapest

Azeem’ season best of 10.11s and Shereen’s national record of 51.80s, were not enough to earn them automatic slots for the World Championships.

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