Ten-acious Wilson smashes decathlon record


Golden dreadlocked one: Wilson Quaik Zhen Han reacting after winning the boys’ decathlon gold. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

WILSON Quaik Zhen Han was a 12-year-old hurdler taking part in a local track and field competition when Rifat Artikov first saw him.

The Uzbek, who competed in the decathlon at the London Olympics in 2012, told the young lad that he could be the new Liu Xiang, China’s Olympics gold winner in Athens 2004.

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