By Asia Samachar | Malaysia |
For a long time, Malaysia hasn’t seen a flying Singh on the track. Shawn Roshan Singh hopes to soar at the Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships in Dubai on April 23-26 when he runs in the 1,500m, report the New Straits Times.
The 19-year-old is a promising middle distance runner, and he qualified for Dubai after clocking a personal best of 3:59.33 for bronze at the Innotex Championships in Bukit Jalil in December 2023. The qualifying time was 3:59.50.
“I feel proud to represent Malaysia in the Asian meet. It will be my first overseas competition, I feel excited and honoured.
“I will be competing against the best Asian runners and this will push me hard to do a personal best in the 1,500m,” Shawn, who trains under K. Jayabalan, tells NST.
Shawn will be competing in Sarawak Sukan Malaysia (Sukma) from Aug 17-24.
Shawn’s first taste of national-level competition came when without much training, he competed in a cross country event at the 2016 National Schools Sports Championships in Negri Sembilan where he finished 3th, according to the report.
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