National athletics president Datuk Karim Ibrahim has thrown his weight behind 21-year-old distance runner Kristian Tung, hailing him as a “special talent” after two national records in as many months, and pledging to push for his inclusion in the elite Podium Programme
Sarawak Sukma champion and Loughborough University student rewrites the men’s 3,000m national record in the UK, and now has his sights on a SEA Games podium finish to secure a place in Malaysia’s elite Podium Programme