Singapore hurdler Dipna Lim-Prasad set a national record during the heats of the 400m hurdles yesterday, clocking 58.93sec to finish seventh overall and qualify for the final this evening.
Her old national mark of 59.24sec was set at the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore. The 27-year-old is now the first Singaporean woman to go below 59secin the event.
In the men's 400m semi-final on Saturday, Singapore's Zubin Muncherji clocked 47.88, off his national record of 47.02, and did not make last night's final which was won by Qatar's Hassan Abdalelah in 44.89.
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