87th Malaysia Open Track and Field Championship 2010, Video and Results (Part 1)

The 87th edition of Malaysia Amateur Athletics Union (MAAU) Track and Field Championship or also known as Malaysia Open in Athletics, held at the National Sports Council training track in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur from October 30 - 31, 2010. This year championship has attracted approximately twelve international teams including Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and the Philippines.

Asian Games champion, Yahya Hassan Habeeb of Saudi Arabia (pic) were taking part in the men's 100m. The 5'4" Andre Cason clone's sprinter who once coached by a renowned athletics guru John Smith, won the heat one in the round one in 10.58s.

World class sprinter, Samuel Francis of Qatar has completed the heat two easily in 10.46s, ahead of UAE's Ahmed Sanquour (10.57s) and TPE's Liu Yuan-Kai (10.62s). The Nigerian born holds the Asian record in the sprint century in 9.99s, which he clocked to win the gold medal in the Asian Track and Field (ATF) championships in Jordan in 2007

Results and Video are as follows:

Men's 100m (Round 1)

Heat 1

Heat 1: 1, Yahya Habeeb, KSA, 10.57s. 2, Yi Wei-Chin, TPE, 10.85s. 3, Poomanus Jamkem, THA, 10.87s. 4, LiangTse-Ching, TPE, 10.88s. 5, Faris Yahya, KSA, 10.90s. 6, Izwan Firdaus, SIN 11.05s, 7, Ambrose Jilom, MAS, 11.15s.

Heat 2

Heat 2: 1, Samuel Francis, QTR, 10.46s. 2, Ahmed Sanquour, UAE, 10.57s. 3, Liu Yuan-Kai, TPE, 10.62s. 4, Mussa Howsawi, 10.91s, 5, Jamras Rittidet, THA, 10.94s. 6, Zabidi Ahmad, MAS, 10.95s. 7, Mohamed Guraya, KSA, 10.96s.

Heat 3

Heat 3: 1, Tsai Meng-Lin, TPE, 10.63s. 2, Yasir Alnashri, KSA, 10.64s. 3, Taweesak Pooltong, THA, 10.69s. 4, Bilal Juma, KAS, 10.82s. 5, Calvin Kang, SIN, 10.85s. 6, Sebastian Lee, MAS, 11.18s.

Heat 4

Heat 4: 1, Wachara Sondee, THA, 10.59s. 2, Wang Went-Tang, TPE, 10.70s. 3, Khalifa Sarwarshi, UAE, 11.06s. 4, Putera Amin, MAS, 11.18s.