Russel Taib runs 10.42 in 100m for new PB, and 21.05 in 200m
>> November 17, 2019
With only three weeks prior to SEA Games, Malaysian sprinter Russel Alexander Nasir Taib is on the right track to perform his best.
He just set a new personal best of 10.42 (+1.9) in the 100m at the Benita Willis Shield, a summer season track meeting in Brisbane, Australia yesterday (16 November).
The 21-year-old improved from 10.49 he set earlier in March.
He won his 100m race ahead of Hugh Donovan who recorded 10.62 in second, and Prosper Nwoko in third (10.68).
On the very same day in Kuala Lumpur, Haiqal Hanafi won the SSBJ open in a time of 10.44.
Watch: Russel Taib won 100m in 10.42
In this annual QA Shield Series, he also competed in his pet event, the 200m and stopped the clock at 21.05 (+1.7), his 3rd fastest time under a legal condition.
As in the 100m, he finished first ahead of Donovan (21.37), with Reece Holder was very close in third (21.38).
For a record, he broke Khairul Hafiz Jantan's Malaysia's 200m record of 20.90 with a time of 20.77 in March this year during the Queensland Track Classic at the same running track.
Watch: Russel Taib won 200m in 21.05
In SEA Games next month, Russel is scheduled to represent Malaysia at the 200m, with Thailand's Siripol Punpa could be his main rival.
Punpa leads the Southeast Asian rankings with 20.76, he set at an altitude in Erzurum, Turkey in July.
According to PASI (Indonesian Athletics Federation), Lalu Zohri the world junior champion will skip the games.
Despite setting 10.03 in 100m, and 20.81 in 200m, Lalu Zohri would be excluded from the SEA Games as the federation is not keen to send those who have excelled at an elite level (including Lalu Zohri) for the regional games.
Another rival for Russel would be his compatriot Jonathan Nyepa who set 20.92 in April at Georgia, USA.
The last gold medal won by a Malaysian in SEA Games was in 2003 by Nazmizan Muhammad.
He just set a new personal best of 10.42 (+1.9) in the 100m at the Benita Willis Shield, a summer season track meeting in Brisbane, Australia yesterday (16 November).
The 21-year-old improved from 10.49 he set earlier in March.
He won his 100m race ahead of Hugh Donovan who recorded 10.62 in second, and Prosper Nwoko in third (10.68).
On the very same day in Kuala Lumpur, Haiqal Hanafi won the SSBJ open in a time of 10.44.
Watch: Russel Taib won 100m in 10.42
In this annual QA Shield Series, he also competed in his pet event, the 200m and stopped the clock at 21.05 (+1.7), his 3rd fastest time under a legal condition.
As in the 100m, he finished first ahead of Donovan (21.37), with Reece Holder was very close in third (21.38).
For a record, he broke Khairul Hafiz Jantan's Malaysia's 200m record of 20.90 with a time of 20.77 in March this year during the Queensland Track Classic at the same running track.
Watch: Russel Taib won 200m in 21.05
In SEA Games next month, Russel is scheduled to represent Malaysia at the 200m, with Thailand's Siripol Punpa could be his main rival.
Punpa leads the Southeast Asian rankings with 20.76, he set at an altitude in Erzurum, Turkey in July.
According to PASI (Indonesian Athletics Federation), Lalu Zohri the world junior champion will skip the games.
Despite setting 10.03 in 100m, and 20.81 in 200m, Lalu Zohri would be excluded from the SEA Games as the federation is not keen to send those who have excelled at an elite level (including Lalu Zohri) for the regional games.
Another rival for Russel would be his compatriot Jonathan Nyepa who set 20.92 in April at Georgia, USA.
The last gold medal won by a Malaysian in SEA Games was in 2003 by Nazmizan Muhammad.
