Record-breaker Russel’s MAF money woes

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Mock cheque given but money not paid: Russel at the MAF dinner with (from left) Asian Athletics Association president Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad of Qatar, Karim Ibrahim, and Olympic Council of Malaysia president Mohamad Norza Zakaria.PETALING JAYA: Are mock cheques presented merely for show and publicity purposes? Last year, national 200m record holder Russel Alexander Nasir Taib was presented with a mock cheque for RM20,000 to meet training expenses, but has yet to receive the money. FMT has been informed, however, that the money, from the development programme of the International Association of Athletics Federations, is in the account of the Malaysia Athletics Federation (MAF). Russel said he had only received RM1,000 for breaking the 200m record at the Queensland Track Classic in Brisbane in March last year. There was national euphoria when he clocked 20.77s to erase Khairul Hafiz…