Malaysia's Irfan Shamsuddin surpasses 60m mark in discuss throw.



He registered a distance 61.10m at Halle, Germany today (21 May 2017) to finish in 3rd position in the U23 competition.



Clemens Prufer won it in 62.29m, while Torben Brandt in second in 62.09m.



His mark rewrites his own national record of 59.29m which he set at Samorin, Slovakia last year.



Also, it renews the Southeast Asian Record of 59.87m by Singapore's James Wong Tuck Yim set in 1999 at Wiesbaden



Interestingly it is the first mark registered over 60m (and 61m) by a Southeast Asian.





Irfan Shamsuddin became the first Southeast Asian to throw over 60m in discus throw

61.10 ... 2017 ... Halle59.29 ... 2016 ... Samorin58.48 ... 2016 ... St. Polten58.33 ... 2016 ... Halle58.29 ... 2016 ... Budapest58.04 ... 2015 ... Kuala Lumpur57.59 ... 2017 ... Singapore57.58 ... 2016 ... Sollentuna56.91 ... 2017 ... Lumut56.62 ... 2015 ... Singapore56.35 ... 2016 ... Ried