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Golden throw: Peter Agan captures gold in javelin event
By Jeremy Veno
TERENGGANU: Peter Agan Lugun, a 23-year-old Sarawak athlete threw his javelin to a 61.51metres distance to capture another gold medal for the State at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin stadium on Saturday night.Undoubtedly in all his sixth throws, he was second to none and on the last throw, he gave his best his best performance to claim the gold in front of hundreds of onlookers who came to witness the 12th SUKMA on a public holiday in conjunction with the King’s birthday.“This is my fourth SUKMA with four golds,” he said jubilantly after the event.Another Sarawakian, Gerald Agan Ganang his training partner, finished second for the silver with a distance of 56.04m which he made on the fourth attempt.Peter admitted that in Kuching he had broken the Games record of 62.33m set by Kho Mei Kwang from Sarawak in the 2000 SUKMA in Pulau Pinang when his throw hit the 63.15 metres mark.The bronze went to Linus Nicholas from Sabah when the giant-sized Linus threw to a distance of 55.34 metres on his fifth attempt.Meanwhile, in the 200 metres women’s final, State sprinter Norohida Badawai clocked 25.55s for the bronze medal while the gold was won by Johor’s Siti Fatima Mohamad who clocked 24.56s.The silver medal went to Norjannah Hafiszah from Pulau Pinang who finished in 25.44s.In the men’s 110-metre hurdles, Ngu Chee Yan from Sarawak finished fourth as Sabah through Rayzamsyah clinched the gold and smashed the Games record when he crossed the finishing line in 14.10s beating the old record of 14.24s set by Mohd Faiz Muhammad from Negeri Sembilan in 2004.The silver went to Terengganu through Mohd Muslim Sidek and bronze to Mohamad Rohaizad Jamil.In the women 100m hurdles, Sarawak failed to shine as Nur Hidayah Mohamad and Jessie Nosin only managed to clock 15.70s and 15.70s for sixth and seventh placings respectively.The gold was won by Azizah Ibrahim from Terengganu in 14.47s which added to the hosts medal’s tally while Raja Nursheena from Selangor clocked 14.52s to grab the silver while Khoo Woan Chern from Johor win the bronze in 14.64s.
Golden throw: Peter Agan captures gold in javelin event
By Jeremy Veno
TERENGGANU: Peter Agan Lugun, a 23-year-old Sarawak athlete threw his javelin to a 61.51metres distance to capture another gold medal for the State at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin stadium on Saturday night.Undoubtedly in all his sixth throws, he was second to none and on the last throw, he gave his best his best performance to claim the gold in front of hundreds of onlookers who came to witness the 12th SUKMA on a public holiday in conjunction with the King’s birthday.“This is my fourth SUKMA with four golds,” he said jubilantly after the event.Another Sarawakian, Gerald Agan Ganang his training partner, finished second for the silver with a distance of 56.04m which he made on the fourth attempt.Peter admitted that in Kuching he had broken the Games record of 62.33m set by Kho Mei Kwang from Sarawak in the 2000 SUKMA in Pulau Pinang when his throw hit the 63.15 metres mark.The bronze went to Linus Nicholas from Sabah when the giant-sized Linus threw to a distance of 55.34 metres on his fifth attempt.Meanwhile, in the 200 metres women’s final, State sprinter Norohida Badawai clocked 25.55s for the bronze medal while the gold was won by Johor’s Siti Fatima Mohamad who clocked 24.56s.The silver medal went to Norjannah Hafiszah from Pulau Pinang who finished in 25.44s.In the men’s 110-metre hurdles, Ngu Chee Yan from Sarawak finished fourth as Sabah through Rayzamsyah clinched the gold and smashed the Games record when he crossed the finishing line in 14.10s beating the old record of 14.24s set by Mohd Faiz Muhammad from Negeri Sembilan in 2004.The silver went to Terengganu through Mohd Muslim Sidek and bronze to Mohamad Rohaizad Jamil.In the women 100m hurdles, Sarawak failed to shine as Nur Hidayah Mohamad and Jessie Nosin only managed to clock 15.70s and 15.70s for sixth and seventh placings respectively.The gold was won by Azizah Ibrahim from Terengganu in 14.47s which added to the hosts medal’s tally while Raja Nursheena from Selangor clocked 14.52s to grab the silver while Khoo Woan Chern from Johor win the bronze in 14.64s.
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