Khairul to lay off competitions and focus on rehab

MELAKA: The fastest man in Southeast Asia and SEA Games 100m gold medallist Khairul Hafiz Jantan will lay off from competitions to focus on his rehab after suffering an injury during the 29th Kuala Lumpur SEA Games ( KL2017) last month

The 19-year- old sprinter from Melaka said his main concern now was to recover quickly from the injury that dashed his sprint double hopes in the SEA Games, and concentrate on preparing for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games next year

“Thank God, I am getting better and probably in two weeks I will be able to resume training,” said Khairul who was among Melaka athletes who received incentives for winning medals at the SEA Games from Melaka chief minister Datuk Seri Idris Haron at Kompleks Seri Negeri, Ayer Keroh, here yesterday

During the presentation of incentives, 30 athletes from Melaka who had won medals in the KL2017 last month received incentives to a tune of RM269,000 in total

‘ The Speedy Jantan’ as Khairul is currently known, received RM8,000 for his SEA Games 100m sprint gold, RM5,000 for breaking the 49-year- old 200m National record at the Malaysian Open Athletics Championships and another RM2,500 for breaking the National 4x100m record at the same meet — Bernama