Aniq’s historic feat at world meet bodes well for C’wealth Games plan


All smiles: Aniq Kasdan (left) posing for a photograph after winning the silver medal in the men’s below 55kg clean and jerk category of the World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Together with him is his coach Naharudin Mahayudin.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia have discovered a new young talent just in time to prospect for gold at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games next year.

Nineteen-year-old Aniq Kasdan became the first Malaysian to win a medal at the World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Tuesday.

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