KOM iktiraf pencapaian luar biasa atlit negara di Terbuka Perlis

Nadi Arena (14/10/24)

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00:00The head coach of the Malaysian Athletics Association, Robert Ballard,

00:04acknowledged the extraordinary achievement of the international athlete

00:07at the opening ceremony of the Sarawak Super Series 5,

00:09which just ended on Sunday.

00:11The celebration must be directed to the women's volleyball athlete,

00:14Nani Syahirah, and the national 100-meter runner-up,

00:17Zaidatul Husnia Hazrulkifli,

00:19who each broke the national record.

00:25I think it's really good to see.

00:27This is really encouraging.

00:29Two national records in the women's 100 meters,

00:33which is a 31-year-old record, has been broken finally.

00:39They've been really close to breaking the record over many times,

00:43but now we have our first legal performance.

00:46Congratulations to Zaidatul Husnia for that performance.

00:51I'm really happy for her to do that.

00:55I look forward to even greater things coming forward for 2025,

00:59for the next SEA Games.

01:04A lot of people think that there's age.

01:09Even myself, I ran a personal best

01:11eight years after making the Olympics at the age of 32.

01:14Athletics is one of these sports

01:16where maturity can actually improve your performance.

01:21The average age of a finalist at Paris was 26.5 in the finals.

01:27Then to see Nani, I really was impressed

01:29with her speed in the circle yesterday

01:32and getting a new national record in the women's shot put.

01:37I can see that there's continued progression happening there,

01:40and I really like that.

01:42It's very encouraging for her.

01:44She's a young throwing athlete with lots of good potential

01:49alongside our other shot put in the male genre.

01:54It looks like Malaysia is going to be

01:57bringing out some shot putting champions in Southeast Asia.

02:00That's great.

02:02Ballot is also hoping that the final destination

02:05that will close the gap in Sarawak

02:07will show more national athletes breaking the national record.