Azeem inspired by smaller-built De Grasse to reach greatness

Role models: Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh looking as Mohd Azeem Fahmi and Umar Osman run during a meet-and-greet session with SMK Presint 8(1) students in Putrajaya. Below: Andre De Grasse. — S.S. KANESAN/ The Star

PUTRAJAYA: Sprinter Mohd Azeem Fahmi has one special wish and that is to run alongside his idol Andre De Grasse in the same heat at the World Championships from Aug 19-27 in Budapest.

The 19-year-old Azeem did not qualify for the world meet on merit but is in the running to get a wild card for his first world meet.