IPOH: Negri Sembilan’s Puteri Nur Adillah Shik Azizir Rahman grabbed attention at the Perak Stadium on Thursday when she battered Roslinda Samsu’s 18-year-old record in the women’s pole vault at the Malaysia Games.
Puteri cleared 3.80m, smashing the previous record of 3.75m by Roslinda, a former Asian Games medallist, achieved at the 2000 Penang edition.
Kedah’s Nurul Fitriyana Abdul Rani recorded 3.50m for the silver, followed by Pahang’s Nor Sarah Adi (3.30m).
The 19-year-old Puteri said her next mission is to clear 4.00m as it will earn her a spot in Malaysia’s Sea Games team for next year’s edition in the Philippines.
Puteri made her Sea Games debut in last year’s Kuala Lumpur edition but she finished last following an injury.
“I have been training for the Malaysia Games since last year’s Sea Games under coach Manshahar Abdul Jalil.
“My previous best was 3.70m and today, I managed to clear 3.80m. My goal is to make more inroads and try to clear 4.00m after this,” said Puteri.
She is the fifth athlete to break the Malaysia Games record in Perak after Sarawak’s Johnny Ling (men’s hammer), Selangor’s Ilham Suhaimi (400m), Sabah’s Andre Anura@Anuar (triple jump) and Terengganu’s Azreen Nabila Alias (women’s 100m).