PETALING JAYA: National sprint ace Mohd Azeem Fahmi looks set to make his mark in the 200m after rewriting the Malaysian indoor record in the event at the Tiger Paw Invitational.
The 21-year-old from Teluk Intan clocked 21.20s to be placed 21st out of 48 sprinters in the collegiate meet held at the Clemson Indoor Track and Field Complex in Clemson, North Carolina on Saturday (Feb 14).
On Feb 2, he clocked 21.50s in the 200m at the Bob Pollock Invitational in Clemson to erase the previous national indoor mark of 22.86s set by Timothy Tan at the 2019 Manchester Indoor Meet.
Earlier on Friday, Azeem clocked 6.65 seconds in the 60m semi-finals to finish ninth overall, missing out on the eight-man final by just 0.02s behind Mississippi State University’s Adekalu Fakorede.
Only the top eight advanced, leaving Azeem one spot short of the title race.
Azeem also holds the national 100m record of 10.09s, set at the World Junior Championships in 2022, and is determined to become the first Malaysian to dip below 10 seconds.
