Adi Sets Sight on SEA Games 2017 Gold
National shot put athlete Adi Aliffudin Hussin embarked on a mission to win his first gold medal in the SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur next year.
The 28-year-old champion admitted that it was time to focus on his mission to score a gold medal after winning three silver medals and one bronze medal during his five-time involvement in the bi-annual South East Asian sports event.
Although mindful of the threat posed by Thai athletes, Adi is optimistic that he would be able to surmount the challenges of the their athletes as he had succeeded in beating Thawat Khachin to achieve a gold win during the ASEAN University Games 2016 in Singapore recently.
“I am not merely hoping or only confident, but I strongly desire to win a gold during the SEA Games.
“Next year's SEA Games will be held in Malaysia. This is the best opportunity for me to make history and uphold the name of the country in the 13 years that I have been a national athlete.
“My strongest opponents thus far has been from Thailand. But my confidence level rose after defeating Thailand in AUG Singapore,” he said after winning the gold medal during the Malaysian University Staff Sports Championship (SUKUM) in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan yesterday.
The athlete who represented Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) putted a distance of 15.56 metres (m) while defeating Universiti Teknologi Malaysia player Muhd. Khairul Hafidzin Abdul Wahad who seized the silver medal with a score of 12.33m.
The shot put finals which was held at Kompleks Sukan Tunku Najihah, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) also saw action from former national athlete Muhammad Malik Ahmad Tobias who represented Universiti Putra Malaysia who grabbed the bronze medal after a score of 14.87m.
Adi elaborated that him being presently under the Kita Juara programme ran by the National Sports Council, will be leaving for Germany immediately after participating in the Malaysia Open Athletics Championship next September.
“I did not set any targets for Malaysian Open as I have been focusing on winning the SEA Games 2017,” he said. -KOSMO!
