Kanishkann races to gold and world junior spot after Umar’s advice


Wise words: N. Kanishkann celebrates after winning. – MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: A timely piece of advice from Umar Osman helped N. Kanishkann to return to his winning ways in the men’s 400m event at the Malaysian Open.

The Perak runner dug deep in the closing stages to clinch gold with a time of 48.26s at the Universiti Putra Malaysia track in Serdang yesterday.

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