Iskandar breaks pole vault record
Iskandar Alwi
The 19-year-old’s leap of 5.01m broke the national record of 5.00m that was set by his coach Teh Weng Chang in 2002.
Weng Chang set the record at a local meet in Kuala Lumpur.
This is the first competition of the year for the Bukit Jalil Sports School athlete and Iskandar knew the record was within his reach even before the competition started.
“I tried to break the record in the Thailand Open last December but I could not get beyond 4.90m. Today was my second attempt at the record and I managed to do it this time,” Iskandar said.
He cleared 4.40m and 4.60m with his first attempt. But he failed in his first attempt at 4.80m.
“It took two attempts for me to clear 4.80m before I decided to try 5.01. I failed in my first attempt but thankfully I succeeded on the second.
The Kluang-born athlete has now set his target on qualifying for the SEA Games in December.
“Qualifying is my main priority but for now I can’t be thinking of winning the gold medal because I will have to at least jump 5.30m to have a chance to be among the medal contenders.
“I’m also planning to change the length of my pole to 4.75m to enable me to attempt even higher jumps. The pole he is using now is 4.60m.
Iskandar’s switch from high jump to pole vault six years ago has paid off handsomely as he also holds the Sukma record in pole vault.
He broke the record last year with a leap of 4.80m to better the previous record of 4.71m set by Wong Teck Ho of Sarawak in Kedah in 2006.
Weng Chang, who has been coaching Iskandar for the past one and a half years, said he was happy that his athlete had broken the record.
Results
Men
100m: 1.Muhamad Azam (Malacca) 10.85, 2. Asnawi Hashim (Malacca) 11.20, 3. Mohd Robani Hassan (MAU) 11.27
400m hurdles: 1.Badrul Hisyam Abd Rahman (Malacca) 57.68, 2. Amir Amil (Malacca) 63.68, Loh Chun Kien (SMK Seri Sentosa) 65.68
800m: 1.Mohd Jironi Riduan (MAF) 1:54.15, 2. Vadivelan Mahendran (MAF) 1:54.69, 3. Nik Hafiz Nok Mohd (NSC Elite) 1:54.74
20,000m walk: 1. Satyaseelan (Penang) 1:44.28, 2. Mohd Azizi Anwar (NSC Elite) 1:45.32, 3. Mohammad Afiz Firdaus (BJSS) 1:47.56
Long jump: 1. Mohd Afiq Akmal (BJSS) 6.96m, 2. Mohd Saifuddin Ishak (NSC Paralympic) 6.94m, 3. Amir Rushaimi Hamidon (Kuala Lumpur) 6.81m
Pole Vault: 1. Iskandar Alwi (BJSS) 5.01m (NR), 2. Muhammad Afiq Ahmad Alham (Johor) 4.40m, 3. Mohd Fahmee Zamzam Mohamad (BJSS) 4.40m
Shot putt: 1.Muhammad Ziyad Zolkifli (NSC Paralympic) 14.37m, 2. Ammar Ramadzan (TLDM) 13.50m, 3. Goh We Kiang (Johor) 11.74m
Javelin throw: 1. Muhammad Ashraf Abu (Johor) 48.21m, 2. Choi Jian Fai (SMK Seri Sentosa) 46.30m, 3. Muhammad Nurulharitul Fariz (Johor) 46.18
5000m: 1. S.Saranraj (BJSS) 16:17.26, 2. Nik Fararudin Ismail (Navy) 16:20.06, 3. Amirudin Nasir (Navy) 16:45.22
Women
100m: 1. Raja Nur Sheena Raja Azhar (NSC Elite) 12.71, 2. Nur Farhana Md Nasir (NSC) 13.11, 3. Noor Eewan Shafiqah Mohd Sabri (Perak) 13.23
400m hurdles: 1. Aini Nurazira Mohd Ali (BJSS) 70.08, 2. Winnie Eng (SMK Seri Sentosa) 73.12, 3. Intan Syafinaz Rohimi (Kuala Lumpur) 74.41
800m: 1. K.Gandhimathi (MAF) 2:13.09, 2. Savinder Kaur Jogindr Singh (BJSS) 2:20:08, 3. A.Kalaiarasi (Arul Running Club) 2:23.05
20,000m walk: 1. Loh Chooi Fern (BJSS) 2:02.32, 2. Pua Ling En (BJSS) 2:04.25
Triple jump: 1. Noorshahidatul Nadia (BJSS) 12.81m, 2. Kirthana
Ramasamy (BJSS) 12.58m, 3. Nurin Nazirah Mohd Shukor (NSC) 10.59m
Javelin throw: 1. Siti Nurnadia (NSC) 43.95m, 2. Nur Fatin (TLDM)
43.04m, 3. Fatin Nirshahiera (Wilayah Persekutuan) 32.30m
Shot putt: 1. Ramlah Othman (TLDM) 13.24m, 2. Nur Saiyidah Ramli (Independent) 11.40m, 3. Bibi Nuraisah Ishak (BJSS) 11.07m
5000m: 1. Noor Amelia Musa (Police) 18:09.56, 2. S.Sanggeetha (TLDM) 20:08.90, 3.Nur Aishah Ahmad (BJSS) 20:43.55
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