Shajjar Abbas sets new national record, qualifies for semi-final in Islamic Games
It was Shajjar's 7th sprint in 9 days, and the top athlete has managed to improve his own record despite fatigue
KARACHI: Pakistan's young sprinter Shajjar Abbas has created a new national record in 200m and qualified for the semi-finals by finishing first in his heats in the Islamic Solidarity Games 2022.
Abbas clocked 20.68 to surpass his previous best of 20.87, which he achieved during XXXII Qosanov Memorial in Almaty and manually recorded 20.7 by Liaquat Ali in the 2015 National Games.
World Athletics only recognizes automatically recorded timings.
Shajjar had earlier also created a national record of 100m by clocking 10.25 in Islamic Solidarity Games in less than a week after clocking 10.38 in Birmingham during Commonwealth Games.
The Pakistani athlete finished first in his heat, followed by his countryman Mueed Baloch who clocked his personal best at 21.28. His previous personal best was 21.41.
It is worth mentioning that this is Shajjar's 7th sprint in 9 days, and the top athlete has managed to improve his own record despite fatigue.
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