Shot putter Jonah claims silver in Kazakhstan with new national record


PETALING JAYA: National shot putter Jonah Chang Rigan broke his own national record once again after throwing a distance of 19.12m at the Qosanov Memorial in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday (June 30).

The 23-year-old Jonah also became the first Malaysian to throw further than 19m, which earned him a silver medal finish in Kazakhstan.

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