Azeem set to compete in 2025 Sea Games in Thailand

KUALA LUMPUR - National sprinter Muhammad Azeem Mohd Fahmi is expected to compete in the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand this December.

Malaysia Athletics (MA) technical director Robert Ballard said that in addition to the biennial event, Muhammad Azeem, who is now based in the United States (US), will also compete in several tournaments, such as the World University Games in Germany in July and the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September.

"We hope Muhammad Azeem will compete in the SEA Games, but it looks like a lot of it is going to go towards how that links up with his studies in the US.

"I had a good chat with his coach earlier this week. Obviously, we’re really excited about his new national record and what that can offer later in the season,” he said when met recently.

Muhammad Azeem made a strong start to the season by breaking the national 60-metre indoor record with a time of 6.56 seconds, securing a bronze medal at the 2025 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships last Sunday.

This achievement has also qualified him for the NCAA Championships in the US scheduled for March 14-15.

For the record, Muhammad Azeem made his SEA Games debut in 2021 in Vietnam but opted out of the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia to focus on training and competing in the US. - BERNAMA