Big-hearted Haikal takes on 7km run - and triumphs!

Haikal Mikail Anuar is a fighter and an inspiration. Even for the able-bodied, running 7km is not necessarily an easy task.

But the plucky 13-year-old managed it on just one leg and made it look easy.

Smiling and determinedly clutching his crutch, aided at times by his friends, Haikal completed a cross-country run organised by his school SMK Muadzam Shah in Pahang on Jan 17.

When the race ended, Haikal was in the last place, but he was the big winner of the day...