KUALA LUMPUR: High jumper Lee Hup Wei was in tears after the Malaysian Open athletics championships in Penang last week. He had failed to surpass the qualifying mark for the Doha Asian Games in December.
Yesterday, though, the 19-year-old Dengkil lad was literally jumping for joy. The Olympic Council of Malaysia’s (OCM) selection committee decided on Tuesday to give him the nod for the Games.
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