KUCHING: Federal Territories’ walker Khor Jing Hong got the athletics competition to a blistering start when he broke a 20-year Malaysia Games (Sukma) record in the boys’ 20,000m walk event at Sarawak Stadium on Monday, Aug 19.
The 19-year-old completed the race with a time of 1’34:38.20 and erased the old mark of 1’34:56.10 set by Perak’s M. Thiagu at the Negri Sembilan Games in 2004.
It was athletics’ first Games record.
Penang’s Sriven Tan finished second with a time of 1’38:25.43 while bronze went to Selangor’s C. Teban Raj, who clocked 1’48:07.56.
In the boy’s javelin, Jing Hong’s teammate Cheah Wei Jun took the gold with a distance of 58.53m. Selangor’s Jing Yi Tan won silver by throwing 56.10m, while Johor’s Mohd Noor Iman won bronze with 54.39m.
In the girl’s high jump, Sabah’s Aleng Ku Yee Ku Bonyu emerged as the winner with a jump of 1.64m.
