Can Grace be the saving grace for athletics?


GRACE Wong (pic) carries Malaysia’s last hope of salvaging something from a bruising Asian Games athletics campaign when she competes in the hammer throw final today.

The 26-year-old, who trains in China, hopes to better her personal best and national record of 65.41m, set at the SEA Games in Bangkok last December, at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium.

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