Eight years later, Shereen Samson Valabhoy anchored the women’s 4x100m team, which finished fourth despite an impressive effort.
Bahrain finished third and secured a medal on the podium. However, a pleasant surprise awaited the quartet of Shereen, Azreen Nabila Alias, Nur Afrina Batricia Mohd Rizal, and Zaidatul Husnia Zulkifli, who recorded a time of 45.01 seconds.
It was Malaysia’s first medal win in 57 years, since the feat of Cheryl Doral, Jacqueline Kleinman, Mary Rajamani and Rajema Sheikh Ahmad at the 1966 Asian Games.
Race officials later announced that Malaysia finished third after Bahrain was disqualified for a lane violation.
It turned out that Bahrain’s third sprinter, Mahamat Zenab Moussa Ali, was passing the baton outside the takeover zone.
And Malaysians jumped for joy.
China took first place with a time of 43.39 seconds, and Thailand won the silver medal with a time of 44.32 seconds.
Shereen, 24, last participated in the 4x100m as an anchor at the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games in 2017, with a time of 45.39 seconds along with Fassin Fakiha, Siti Fatima Mohamed and Zaidatul. He said he came in fifth place.
“It felt really good. 4x100m is a fun race and I love it. We all have confidence and support each other pretty well. We pushed each other to the end. We just ran as hard as we could,” she said. Told.
Even Zaydatul said that Shereen’s appointment was a last-minute decision and he could not even decide whether she should be the anchor leg or not.
“We were going to put her in first or second place, but she was a last-minute appearance so she was placed in anchor. You can see it was a good change of baton between her and Afrina.” said the 32-year-old player.
Afrina passed the baton to Shereen in 5th place, but had a great race and finished 4th. And thanks to Bahrain’s mistake, Bahrain finished third, giving Shereen her second bronze medal of the tournament.
She had placed third in the women’s 400 meters before that.
“Despite being new, we all have such chemistry. This time was not a national record, but it was the best time of the season. I hope we can do better next time. ” Zaidatul said.
But even as the women celebrated, the men’s quartet of Mohd Azeem Fahmi, Mohd Arshad Saat, Jonathan Nyepa and Khairul Hafiz Jantan suffered a crushing defeat.
Like the Bahraini girls, they were also disqualified for lane violations.
They finished fifth with a time of 39.19 seconds, but race officials later confirmed they had been disqualified for a lane violation.
Upon entering the mixed zone, Azeem immediately apologized, saying he had tried his best.
“We tried to do our best for Malaysia. We will aim to bounce back and hope for an even better result at the next Asian Games in Nagoya. I believe in this team of sprinters. “We are working hard,” Azeem said.
China took first place with a time of 38.29 seconds, and Japan finished in 38.44 seconds. South Korea won the bronze medal with a time of 38.74 seconds.
