Maltese Athletes Shatter Seven Records At Athletics Malta National Championships
A grand total of seven championship records were broken over the course of the week-long Athletics Malta National Championship.
The Athletics Malta National Championship is an annual competition that brings together Malta’s most prolific athletes, to push themselves and each other to run faster, jump higher, a throw heavy things further, than anyone in Malta ever has before.
After this latest, hugely successful AMNC, Malta’s elite athletes still have a series of international commitments to look forward to.
These include the European Athletics Promotion International Meet in Malta – this very weekend – which will be followed by the Athletics World Championships coming up in Budapest at the end of this summer.
Ahead of these events, Malta’s athletes showed out.
Gabriel Farrugia set a new Under-20 national record in the 3000 metre race, setting a time of an 8:51.88. This new record broke his previous best by two full seconds.
While become the U-20 3000m champion, he managed to claim third place on the senior level – getting onto the Senior National Championships podium for the first time well.
Pembroke’s Mireya Cassar set a new championship record in the hammer throw with a powerful 51.05m throw.
Cassar took a podium spot four times during the National Championships – claiming top spots in the hammer throw and shot put – while also coming second in the discus and third in the javelin.
In the jumping events, Jeremy Zammit clinched the long jump while James Armani dominated the triple – while Rebecca Sare won both events among the women.
Another young athlete, Rush AC’s 17-year-old Isaac Bonnici claimed the Senior National Title in the 800m run, setting a new U-18s Championship record by running the race in 1:58.58.
New Championship Records were set in the pole vault by La Salle’s Nicolai Bonello, who mastered momentum to spring over an impressive 4.30m, as well as Pembroke’s Sana Grillo, who did the same and flung herself an amazing 3.70m into the air.
Stefan Cassar posted a new U-18s Championship Record in the 400m race – winning his age category with an impressive 1.00.99 sprint.
Luke Micallef, a Maltese athlete who is already a National record-holder, completed three wins. For the seventh consecutive year, he took home a pair of 3000m and 1500m steeplechase victories – as well as the 3000 metre race.
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