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BOCHUM (Germany), July 23 (Bernama) — About 15 hours after competing in the men’s 100-metre (m) final, national sprinter Muhammad Azeem Mohd Fahmi managed to find another gear to advance to the semi-finals of the 200m event in the 2025 Rhine-Ruhr World University Games (WUG) in Lohrheidestadion here today.
Running in Heat Two, Muhammad Azeem began well before slowing down in the last 30m to finish the first-round race in fourth place with a time of 21.26 seconds (s).
South Africa’s Bayanda Walaza, the 100m gold medallist, won Heat Two of the 200m race in 20.93s, followed by Poland’s Lukasz Zok (21.06s) and Hungary’s Zalan Deak (21.23s).
Muhammad Azeem confirmed his place in the semi-finals after emerging as the three fastest runners among those who were not the top three automatic qualifiers in each heat.
“Overall, pretty tired because the race (100m final) ended at about 10 pm yesterday, and I reached the hotel around 11 pm, so I didn’t get sufficient rest. But that’s just an excuse because even Walaza experienced the same thing. Only the two of us who qualified for the 100m final were down to run the 200m race today.
“It (today’s race) was quite challenging, more so since I have not run the 200m for some time. But, following discussions with the coach, this is good training for upcoming races,” Muhammad Azeem, who studies at Auburn University in the United States, told reporters after the 200m opening race.
Muhammad Azeem has a personal best time of 20.79s, which he set in April at a championships in Florida, which also happened to be his sole appearance in the 200m event before today’s race.
His personal best is only 0.02 seconds behind the national record of 20.77s held by Russel Alexander Nasir Taib.
Elaborating, he hopes the luck of the draw will favour him as he eyes the outside lane for the semi-finals, which is slated to be held tomorrow night (early Friday morning in Malaysia).
“I hope to be placed in the outer lane, and not in the inner lane, because I have long strides and it will be a disadvantage to run on the inside lane. Anyway, the goal is to advance to the final in this kind of major competition,” said Muhammad Azeem, who hails from Teluk Intan, Perak.
Meanwhile, another national sprinter, Pengiran Aidil Auf Hajam, crashed out in the first round of the men’s 200m event after finishing fifth in Heat Seven in 21.69s.
For the record, Muhammad Azeem missed out on a place on the podium in the men’s 100m final when he came out fourth in 10.35s to finish behind Walaza (10.16s), Thailand’s Puripol Boonson (10.22s) and Japan’s Hiroki Yanagita (10.23s).
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BOCHUM (Germany), July 23 (Bernama) — About 15 hours after competing in the men’s 100-metre (m) final, national sprinter Muhammad Azeem Mohd Fahmi managed to find another gear to advance to the semi-finals of the 200m event in the 2025 Rhine-Ruhr World University Games (WUG) in Lohrheidestadion here today.
Running in Heat Two, Muhammad Azeem began well before slowing down in the last 30m to finish the first-round race in fourth place with a time of 21.26 seconds (s).
South Africa’s Bayanda Walaza, the 100m gold medallist, won Heat Two of the 200m race in 20.93s, followed by Poland’s Lukasz Zok (21.06s) and Hungary’s Zalan Deak (21.23s).
Muhammad Azeem confirmed his place in the semi-finals after emerging as the three fastest runners among those who were not the top three automatic qualifiers in each heat.
“Overall, pretty tired because the race (100m final) ended at about 10 pm yesterday, and I reached the hotel around 11 pm, so I didn’t get sufficient rest. But that’s just an excuse because even Walaza experienced the same thing. Only the two of us who qualified for the 100m final were down to run the 200m race today.
“It (today’s race) was quite challenging, more so since I have not run the 200m for some time. But, following discussions with the coach, this is good training for upcoming races,” Muhammad Azeem, who studies at Auburn University in the United States, told reporters after the 200m opening race.
Muhammad Azeem has a personal best time of 20.79s, which he set in April at a championships in Florida, which also happened to be his sole appearance in the 200m event before today’s race.
His personal best is only 0.02 seconds behind the national record of 20.77s held by Russel Alexander Nasir Taib.
Elaborating, he hopes the luck of the draw will favour him as he eyes the outside lane for the semi-finals, which is slated to be held tomorrow night (early Friday morning in Malaysia).
“I hope to be placed in the outer lane, and not in the inner lane, because I have long strides and it will be a disadvantage to run on the inside lane. Anyway, the goal is to advance to the final in this kind of major competition,” said Muhammad Azeem, who hails from Teluk Intan, Perak.
Meanwhile, another national sprinter, Pengiran Aidil Auf Hajam, crashed out in the first round of the men’s 200m event after finishing fifth in Heat Seven in 21.69s.
For the record, Muhammad Azeem missed out on a place on the podium in the men’s 100m final when he came out fourth in 10.35s to finish behind Walaza (10.16s), Thailand’s Puripol Boonson (10.22s) and Japan’s Hiroki Yanagita (10.23s).
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