Russel Taib clocks 20.99s 200m in Joanna Stone Shield Meet

FLASH PERFORMANCE___Russel Taib sounds SEA Games warning as he clocks 20.99s in Joanna Stone Shield 200m win on Saturday (23 June 2019) - his last competition leading up to the SEA Games in Manila.

It was just a week ago when he had set a new personal best in the 100m in 10.42.

His main SEA Games rival would be the Thai sprinter Siripol Punpa who ran 20.76 in July.

In March this year, he set the current 200m national record of 20.77, bettering Khairul Hafiz's record of 20.90 from 2017.

In SEA Games, Russel will take part in the 200m and the 4x100m.

Personal bests
100m - 10.42
200m - 20.77 (Malaysian national record)

All-Time best performance 
100m
10.42 (+1.9) Brisbane, 16 Nov 2019
10.49 (+1.9) Brisbane, 9 Mar 2019
10.49 (+1.9) Brisbane, 23 Mar 2019
10.53 (+0.4) Brisbane, 9 Mar 2019

Progress at 100m: 2012 - 11.37; 2013 - 11.09; 2014 - 10.88; 20.15 - 10.96; 2016 - 11.28; 2017 - 11.15; 2018 - 10.60; 2019 - 10.42

200m
20.77 (+2.0) Brisbane, 23 Mar 2019
20.94 (+1.8) Brisbane 26 Jan 2019
20.99 (+1.2) Brisbane, 23 Nov 2019
21.01 (+2.0) Brisbane, 9 Feb 2019
21.05 (+1.7) Brisbane, 16 Nov 2019

Progress at 200m: 2012 - 22.56; 2013 - 22.41; 2014 - 21.92; 20.15 - 21.75; 2016 - 22.54; 2017 - 22.11; 2018 - 21.64; 2019 - 20.77