Athletics Report Asian Youth Games, Nanjing 2013

Asian Youth Games – day two review (20 August 2013)

In very humid conditions China’s athletes dominated day two of the Asian Youth Games, being held in Nanjing, winning eight of the 10 gold medals on offer.

One of the performances of the evening was the win in the boys’ hammer throw by Yuanbo Ding. Carrying the extra pressure of being a local resident of Jiangsu Province’s Lianyungang City, Ding was never troubled taking the title by over 10 metres with a six metres personal best of 73.73m.

“I'm so excited to win,” he said. “At first, I was pretty nervous. I felt better after I threw the hammer the first time.”

Going into the final round Ding had thrown a best of 71.00 metres, but added over two metres to his best on his final attempt.

“Usually, I get my best throw on the second or the third throw, so I was a little surprised indeed. On the last attempt, I felt relaxed so I just threw it."

Coached by Junwei Yang, Ding moved up from 14th on the world under-17 ranking list to third.

The boy’s 100 metres final lived up to expectations built up by close races in the early rounds. But in the final, the less favoured, riding a wave of local support, Zhenkun Xia grabbed the title in 10.71, just ahead of Thailand’s Nutthapong Veerarwongratanasiri and Chinese Taipei’s Chun-Han Yang who both clocked 10.73. Veerarwongratanasiri, who didn’t start well had other dramas in the race, pulling his hamstring on the finish line. Yang was disappointed with his result, refusing to speak to the media after the race.

Fujian Province sprinter, Manqi Ge, who was a semi-finalist the IAAF world youth championships last month, clocked a wind assisted 11.91 as she cruised to victory in the girls’ 100 metres. Coached by Chaoxu Liu, Ge defeated Thailand pair Parichat Charoensuk and Kanchanaporn Sintaksab.

The heat affected many of the athletes in the 1500 metres with many struggling to leave the track after the crossed the line. China’s Guoyu Zhao, from Su Qian city in Jiangsu Province, broke away from the pack with 200 metres remaining to take the title in 4:35.06, just ahead of Indonesia’s Aprilia Kartina.

"Today is the birthday of my coach (Jiang Chao),” Zhao said. “Before the match, I had already told the media through the phone that I would try my best to get the gold medal as his birthday present."

Wei Wang, completed the Chinese double in the 1500m, taking the boys’ race in 4:03.75. A very fresh Wang sprinted a victory lap.

In the boys’ long jump, Chinese Taipei’s Chun-Sheng Huang dominated the event with his first four jumps over seven metres, led by his fourth round leap of 7.23m. It was a terrific battle for the minor medals with both Jie Li (CHN) and Hyunjong Kim (KOR) jumping 6.98m. A count back was required to split the medals, with Li’s second best of 6.98m just ahead of Kim’s 6.94m.

One of the two athletes to stand in the way of a Chinese clean sweep on day two was Thailand’s Mingkamon Koomphon in the girls’ hammer thrower. From her opening throw of 58 metres Koomphon was never headed, in a very consistent series which included five throws over 57 metres. Mingzhu Jiang (CHN) was second with 56.33m.

Hunan Province’s Guilfen Huang (CHN) won the girls’ 400 metres by over two seconds in 53.65 and her team mate Zhihang Xu (CHN) took the boys’ title in 48.39.

China’s national youth champion, Chaoqun Li, from Zhejiang Province, added the Asian Youth Games title to her collection, raising her personal best of 3.80m to 4.00 metres in Nanjing tonight.

David Tarbotton for AdrianSprints.com

READ: ASIAN Youth Games 2013 (Athletics): Preview - Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4

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Nanjing Asian Youth Games 2013 - Athletics Day 1

Asian Youth Games – day one review (19 August 2013)

Three exciting field events dominated day one of the athletics program at the second Asian Youth Games, being held in Nanjing.

Heavy rain during the day cleared for the evening’s competition which including sprint heats and finals of the boys shot, javelin and pole vault and the girls high jump.

Aged just 15 years, Hussain Al Hizam is Saudi Arabia’s best ever pole vaulter, raising the national open record on five occasions this year, taking it from 4.95 to 5.27m. Tonight in Nanjing, he opened his competition with 4.60m which he cleared on his second attempt to put him in second place behind Iraq’s Muntadher Abdulwahid who had cleared on his first attempt. At 4.70m, Abdulwahid missed his attempts, while Al Hizam negotiated the height on his third attempt to take the title.

 Hussain Al Hizam 
(by Bouhouche blog)

The boys’ javelin was a come from behind win to Chinese Taipei’s Jenwei Tsai. After three rounds China’s Zhuqing Su led comfortably with his first round throw of 67.35m, ahead of Sungming Lee (TPE) on 65.90m and Ao Zhou (CHN) with 64.94m. But the competition changed dramatically when in round five, Tsai, a student at National Yilan Senior High School, launched the javelin out to 70.41m to take the lead by over three metres. Su tried his best and responded with a personal record of 67.51m on the event’s final throw, to confirm the silver medal.

"My best throw tonight was made when I felt well and I found my confidence back,” said Tsai.
“My earlier throws were not that good, so I adjusted mentality. I took a medal, which made me happy and satisfied. But I won't have a party or travel in Nanjing to celebrate. I will fly back (home) soon, because when school starts I will have many other competitions."

Favourite for the boys’ shot, was local athlete Jianping Han who started slowly, eventually securing the victory with his very last throw of 18.87m. Japan’s Yume Ando, led early with 17.36m in round three, eventually putting 18.07m in round four for his best of the day.

"I am very excited and I had never thought about this result. I broke my own record (18.50m) and reached a new level - 18.87m.,” said Han.
"I am now studying at Jiangsu 101 High School and I keep training during my study time."

China’s Manqi Ge, a semi-finalist at the recent IAAF world youth championships clocked the quickest time in the girls 100 metres round one. Ge, running in heat two ran 12.07, just quicker than her 12.08 she clocked in Donestsk. Her main opposition appears to be from winners of heat three and four, Kayla Richardson (PHI) and Min Song (CHN). There will be two Richardson’s in tomorrow night’s semi-final as Kayla’s twin Kyla Richardson also progressed.

There was no clear favourite amongst the round one winners of the boys 100 metres. Chinese Taipei’s Chun-Han Yang led the qualifiers on 10.84, but tied on 10.85 were Nutthapong Veerarwongratanasiri (THA) and Zhenkun Xia (CHN). Xia looks to be the main threat.

“I’m coming back from injury,” he said. “My goal is to enjoy the games.”

In the final event to be decided on the night, Luwei Guan (CHN) took the girls high jump with a clearance of 1.65m.

In the girls 400m heats, the fastest time was recorded by Guifen Huang (CHN), who clocked 55.39, while in the boy’s long jump Chun-Sheng Huang (TPE) led the qualifying round with a leap of 7.09m.

David Tarbotton for AdrianSprints.com

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Athletics Preview 2013 Asian Youth Games, Nanjing China

Athletics preview 2013 Asian Youth Games

The athletics program at the second Asian Youth Games commences tomorrow in the Olympics Sports Centre Stadium in the Chinese city of Nanjing. The AYG will conduct competition in 15 sports and similar to the 2009 AYG in Singapore, it is an ideal test event for the IOC Youth Olympic Games to be held 12 months later in the same city. Heat wave conditions are expected to ease slightly for the four evenings of competition commencing on Monday August 19.

2009 Asian Youth Games

The inaugural AYG were held in Singapore in June and July 2009 with 38 Asian Athletics Association member federations competing. At those Games China dominated the competition winning 12 medals including nine gold. There was a close battle between the next three delegations, Japan, Thailand and India, with each country winning eight medals and four gold. A total of 22 countries shared in the medal count.

Many of the athletes have in the ensuring years gone on to successfully compete at the major international meets including the IAAF world juniors, 2010 YOG, 2010 Commonwealth Games including: Korea’s Lee Sun-Yae who competed at the IAAF 2011 world championships and Japan’s Masaki Nashimoto who won silver in the 100m at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in a swift 10.51.

2013 Asian Youth Games Federations

In athletics 37 federations will contest the 2013 AYG, one less than in 2009, however a number of athletes will compete in the Independent Olympic Athletes team, and with entries numbering 400 athletes, it will be a more competitive event than the inaugural games.

Host nation, China, will be represented by the largest delegation of 61 athletes, followed by Thailand with 30 and Chinese Taipei 25 athletes. Three nations that did not compete in athletics in 2009, join the games in 2013: Afghanistan, Lebanon and Malaysia.

2013 Asian Youth Games feature athletes

The competition is for athletes in the under-17 age division, however a few under-18 athletes will compete for the Independent Olympic Athletes team. There are a number of the world’s leading under-17 year old athletes entered for competition including:

LI Zhe (CHN) – boys 200m

Statistics: Finalist 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships; PB 21.49; U17 world ranking 10th

LI Zhe, from Hubei provience, is one of the leading and most consistent sprinters at the 2013 AYG clocking five times under 21.70 this year. He progressed through the heat, semi and into the final at the IAAF world youth championships in Donetsk in the Ukraine in July. He clocked his personal best of 21.49 in the semi-final. He has also run 10.68 for the 100m this season. Li faces good competition from Thailand’s Nutthapong Weerawongratanasiri (THA) who in June, won the 200m at the SEA Youth Athletics championships in Ho-Chi-Minh where he clocked an impressive 21.53.

LIU Hongliang (CHN) – boys 3000m        

Statistics: PBs 3000m 8:28.19, 5000m 14:20.44; U17 world rankings 3000m 10th, 5000m 3rd

Liu Hongliang, China’s national youth 1500m and 3000m champion, will start as favourite in the 3000m in Nanjing. From the providence of Inner Mongolia, Liu has been competitive with the nation’s senior athletes placing fourth in the 5000 metres at the senior national grand prix final where he clocked a time of 14:20.44 to rank him number three under-17 in the world.

FURUYA Takumu (JPN) – boys 400m hurdles

Statistics: PB 51.00; 4th place IAAF world youth championships; U17 world ranking 1st

Takumu Furuya of Japan is one of the competitions leading athletes. In July, the 16-year-old placed fourth at the IAAF world youth (under-18) championships. He clocked his personal best of 51.00 in the semi-final, a time that remains over a second faster than any other 16-year-old in the world. Earlier this month, he tuned up the AYG by winning the Japanese national schools championships in 51.16.

BAI Jiaxu (CHN) – boys high jump

Statistics: PB 2.18m; silver medallist IAAF world youth championships; U17 world ranking 1st

Bai Jiaxu, at just 15, is the world’s second best under-18 athlete following his silver medal winning result at the  IAAF world youth championships last month in the Ukraine. Bai, from Shanxi province, has compiled a consistent record this year, with three competitions at 2.15m or higher. Tremendous competition will be provided by Japan’s 2.10m jumper, Yuji Hiramatsu, who is the fourth ranked under-17 athlete in the world.

CHENG Yulong (CHN) – boys discus

Statistics: PB 62.80m; bronze medal  IAAF world youth championships; U17 world ranking 1st

Cheng Yulong, a bronze medallist at the recent IAAF world youth championships, carries the pressure of being a local favourite as he is from the province of Jiangsu. The world’s leading under-17 discus thrower, Cheng, is also a handy shot putter with a best of 17.77m.

DING Yuanbo (CHN) – boys hammer throw

Statistics: PB 67.46m; U17 world ranking 2nd

Another with the pressure of being a local from the Jiangsu province is hammer thrower Ding Yuanbo. He is the world’s second best under-17 thrower with a best of 67.46, recorded in April when he won the national youth title for China.

CHAND Duttee (AOI) – girls 100m

Statistics: PB 11.62; finalist IAAF world youth championships

At the IAAF world youth championships in July, Duttee Chand set an Indian national record of 11.62 as she progressed to the final. She also has impressive 200m and 400m pbs of 23.76 and 55.55.

ANDO Fukiko (JPN) – girls 3000m

Statistics: PB 9:13.24; U17 world ranking 5th

Fukiki Ando is expected to be one of the most comfortable winners at the games, as she possess a personal best nearly a minute ahead of her closest rival. Her best time of 9:13.24 was recorded this month at the national high school championships of Japan.

FUJIMORI Nana (JPN) – girls 100m hurdles

Statistics: PB 13.66; semi-finalist IAAF world youth championships

Nana Fujimori progressed to the semi-finalist at the recent IAAF world youth championships where she clocked 13.75, just outside her personal best of 13.66, recorded in 2012.

NGUYEN Thi Truc Mai (VIE) – girls triple jump

Statistics: PB 12.76m; U17 world ranking 4th

The national junior champion of Vietnam, Thi Truc Mai Nguyen is the world’s fourth best under-17 triple jumper. She is also a capable long jumper with a personal best of 5.97m.

David Tarbotton for AdrianSprints.com

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IAAF recognized Flo-Jo 10.49, Kiryu 10.01 did not ?

Governing body for athletics, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has decided not to recognize YOSHIHIDE KIRYU as joint junior world-record holder in the 100 metres.

On April 29, 2013, the 17-year-old Japanese ran 10.01 (with a legal wind-speed +0.9) to equal the World Junior Record set by Trinidad's DARREL BROWN during the 2003 World Championships in Paris.

According to both IAAF and Japanese Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF), the wind instrument used during the (Mikio) Oda Memorial meet in Hiroshima, was not up to current international standards, which call for an ULTRASONIC wind gauge.

Since many decades ago, wind-gauge is compulsory for sprints, sprint-hurldes, and horizontal-jump events. For 100 metres, IAAF rules indicated wind is measured at halfway or 50m point (left side) along the straight for 10 seconds.

But the question is DOES it really measure the 'exact' value of wind-speed ?? kindly note reading +2.0 is the limit for record ratification as well as ranking acceptance. Thus, +2.01 (rounded up +2.1) of reading is already considered a non-legal performance.

Photo: SEIKO - state-of-the-art wind measurement for track and field uses ultra-sonic technology (IAAF)

In 1932 Olympics, three anemometers were installed at different points during the men's 100m final and all have shown inconsistent results, where +0.2 (positive) and the other one +0.4 (positive) measured at start, while -1.4 (negative) at half way. These results different to each other because of direction of the winds (blowing) during 10 seconds of measurement; tailwinds, cross-winds, or perhaps headwinds. Kindly note as well that the wind in lane 1 is not necessarily the same as that in lane 8.

In 1988 Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, USA, using the available and latest anemometer (brand: Omega), the women's 100m produced outstanding results, with Florence Griffith-Joyner in quarterfinal one breaking the World record (10.76 Evelyn Ashford 1984) in 10.49 (a massive improvement of 0.27 !!) with wind-speed 0.0 (no wind !!) recorded. Her best before coming to the trials was 10.96 only. In round one, she ran a stunning 10.60 with a +3.2 wind, and after that winning her semi and final races in 10.70 (+1.6) and 10.61 (+1.2) respectively.

An identical anemometer on the triple jump runway (adjacent to 100 metres) read mostly wind-aided (at least 93% of 46 readings were between 2.1-7.0 m/s), with flags around the stadium were flapping wildly, which was perhaps enough to nullify the record? If it's the case, Flo-Jo's fastest "wind-legal" time in 100m was 10.61, 2nd fastest on World's All-Time lists = also a World record.

Since 1997, the Association of Track and Field Statisticians (ATFS) has listed her 10.49 as "probably strongly wind assisted, but recognized as a World record".

Dependent to the angle of wind blowing, the anemometer would produces different reading. In Flo-Jo's 10.49 World record race, the anemometer recorded a +2.8 wind blowing from the left side perpendicular (91°) to the track, and this produces a 0.0 official wind measurement. But if that really were 0.0 reading, sprinters would surely have recorded much slower times.

Now the questions are, what might the reading be when the latest anemometer (ultrasonic) used in the 1988 Olympic trials ?? If Kiryu's 10.01 were in 1988, would there be a World record for juniors ratified?? is the introduction of ultrasonic wind-gauge would completely avoid any discrepancies in wind-reading data??


Recommended reading:
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~spstnpl/Publications/IAAFReport(Linthorne).pdf

Vid 1 (Flo-Jo's 10.49 in 1988 Olympic Trials)
Vid 2 (Kiryu's 10.01 in Hiroshima 2013)

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Results Asian Athletics Grand Prix 2013 - Bangkok (1st Series)

1st series of 2013 ASIAN Athletics Grand Prix - Bangkok Thailand (4 May 2013). Next stop (2nd series) of ASIAN GP on May 08 at Chonburi Thailand. Partial results;

MEN

100 Metres
Race A (wind?):
1. Fan Guo CHN 10.30,  2. Wachara Sondee THA 10.38,  3. Daniel Noval PHI 10.42 (National Record);
Race B (wind?):
1. Yahya Al-Nofali OMN 10.56,  2. Jaran Sathongram THA 10.62,  3. Poomanus Jankhem THA 10.63;
Race C (wind?):
1. Barakat Al Harthi OMN 10.34,  2. Yi Wei Chen TPE 10.72,  3. B.R.A. Hasaranga SRI 10.79;
Race D (wind?):
1. Reza Ghasemi IRN 10.36,  2. Aphisit Phomkaew THA 10.59,  3. Ruttanapon Sowan THA 10.72;

400 Metres
1. Sajjad Hashemiahan IRI 46.70,  2. Rajiv IND 46.91,  3. Kasun Seneviratne SRI 47.18;

5000 Metres
1. Nitin Rawat IND 14:35.03,  2. Kheta Ram IND 14:55.12,  3. D.L. Samarajeewa SRI 15:10.91;

110m Hurdles
1. Abdulaziz Almandeel KUW 13.66,  2. Siddhanth Thingalaya IND 13.88,  3. Jamras Rittidet THA 13.90;

High Jump
1. Jithin Thomas IND 2.18,  2. Nikhil Chitarasu IND 2.18,  3. Sun Zhao CHN 2.14,  4. Amin (???) 2.14,  5.  Vitaliy Tsykunov KAZ 2.14,  6. Jin Qi Chao CHN 2.10,  7. Takahari Hiromi JPN 2.10;

Triple Jump
1.  Roman Valiyev KAZ 17.10 (+0.6),  2. Renjith Maheswary IND 16.83 (+0.8),  3. Arpinder Singh IND 16.74 (+0.8);

Shot Put
1. Wang Li CHN 18.91,  2. Guo Yan Xiang CHN 18.64,  3. Grigority Kamulya UZB 18.62,  4. Sergey Dementyev UZB 18.19,  5. Ivan Ivanov KAZ 18.05,  6. Om Prakash IND 17.68,  7. Jasdeep Singh IND 17.50;

Javelin Throw
1. Huang Shih Feng TPE 73.97,  2. Bobur Shokirjanov UZB 73.29,  3. Peerachet Janthra THA 72.50;

4x100 Metres (composition N/S)
Race A
1. China Team 39.63,   2. Singapore Team 39.98,   3. South Korea Team 40.32,  4. Sri Lanka Team 40.36,  5. Thailand C Team 40.46;
Race B
1. Thailand A Team 39.74,  2. Oman Team 39.91,  3. Chinese Taipei Team 40.06,  4. Indonesia Team 40.73,  5.  India Team 41.24;


WOMEN

100 Metres
Race A (wind?):
1. Neeranuch Klomdee THA 11.99,  2. Ye Jia Bei CHN 12.12,  3. Jani Chathurangani De Silva SRI 12.13;
Race B (wind?):
1. Viktoria Zyabkina KAZ 11.61,  2. Tassaporn Wannakit THA 11.97,  3. Farzaneh Fasihi IRI 12.16;
Race C (wind?):
1. Guzel Khubbieva KAZ 11.77,  2. Anastasiya Tulapina KAZ 12.16,  3. Zing Lulu CHN 12.21;

400 Metres
1. Poovamma IND 52.97,  2. Subashini Rasnayake DRI 53.35,  3. Anu Mariam Jose IND 53.95;

800 Metres
1. Ruriko JPN 2:07.41,  2. Do Thi Thao VIE 2:07.60,  3. Irina Moroz UZB 2:07.92;

100m Hurdles
1. Anastasiya Pilipenko  KAZ 13.58,  2. Natalia Ivoniskaya KAZ 13.62,  3. Anastassiya Soprunova KAZ 13.68;

High Jump
1. Sahana Kumari IND 1.86,  2. Nadiya Dusanova UZB 1.86,  3. Wanida Boonwan THA 1.83,  4. Qiao Yanrui CHN 1.79,  5.  Wang Yang CHN 1.79,  6.  Priyangika SRI 1.75,  7.  Vinodani SRI 1.70;

Long Jump
1. Darya Rezmehenko UZB 6.52 (0.0),  2. Catherina Kay Santos PHI 6.17 (-0.2),  3. Yuliya Tarasova KAZ (+0.1) 6.11;

Discus Throw
1. Jiang Fengjing CHN 58.11,  2. Su Xinyue CHN 57.43,  4. Liang Yan CHN 56.74,  4. Krishna Poonia IND 56.74;

Javelin Throw
1. Nadeeka Lakmali SRI 56.83,  2. Chang Chunfeng CHN 55.08,  3. Mukesh Kumari IND 50.56,  4. Nuttha Nacharn THA 50.44,  5. Dilhani SRI 50.26,  6. Rosie Villarito PHI 46.68,  7. Saowalak Phetthong THA 45.50,  8. Jariya Wichaidit THA 41.36;

4x100 Metres
1. Thailand A Team 45.11,  2. China Team 45.41,  3. Indonesia Team 46.37,  4. Thailand B Team 46.78;


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Yoshihide Kiryu 10.19, 10.21, 10.34 (Video), Japanese All-Time Rankings 100m

Yoshihide Kiryu of Japan maintains his status of sprint king of the World Youth after recording a new World Youth Record in the 100m in a time of 10.19s (+0.5) during Ecopa Track Games at Fukuroi, Japan on November 03, 2012. At least five major records, which actually set by Kiryu himself about a month ago at Gifu (10.21s) renewed, including;

1) World Youth Record
2) Asian Junior Record
3) Asian Youth Record
4) Japanese Junior Record
5) Japanese Youth Record

In the 67th Kokutai (National Games) at Gifu, Kiryu who will only turn 17 years in December 15, eclipsed Rynell Parson's World youth record (best) of 10.23s set in 2007, and the long standing Asian Junior Record 10.26s held by China's Li Tao since 1986 (Jakarta).

Now, will a Japanese sprinter (finally)  break the 10s barrier soon ?? finally after Koji Ito's upsetting run in Bangkok where he slowed down at last metres, then shocked with 9.99s clocking appeared on the stadium's screen but eventually rounded up to 10.00s ?? Will Yoshihide Kiryu  follow Christophe Lemaitre's feat who became the first whiteman to break 10s barrier ?? but there is other Japanese guy who is closer the 10s barrier, Ryota Yamagata (20 years) who ran 10.07s (+1.3) at London Olympics.

"There will be 'many' Japanese sprinters to run under 10s 100m"

JAPANESE ALL-TIME TOP LISTS 100M

10.00s (+1.9) KOJI ITO, Bangkok Thailand, 13 December 1998
10.02s (+2.0) NOBUHARU ASAHARA, Oslo Norway, 12 July 2001
10.03s (+1.8) SHINGO SUETSUGO, Mito Japan, 5 May 2003
10.07s (+1.9) MASASHI ERIGUCHI, Hiroshima Japan, 28 June 2009
10.07s (+1.3) RYOTA YAMAGATA, London Great Britain, 4 August 2012

10.09s (+1.8) NAOKI TSUKAHARA, Hiroshima Japan, 27 June 2009
10.11s (+0.3) SHINGO KAWABATA, Tokyo Japan, 2 September 2000
10.13s (+1.9) NOBUHIRO TAJIMA, Mito Japan, 6 May 2002
10.19s (+1.4) SHIN KUBOTA, Kumamota Japan, 4 October 1998
10.19s (+0.5) YOSHIHIDE KIRYU, Fukuroi Japan, 3 November 2012

10.20 (+0.5) SATORU INOUE, Tokyo Japan, 17 May 1991
10.20 (+1.5) SHIGEYUKI KOJIMA, Kobe Japan, 12 July 2000
10.20 (+1.3) SHINJI TAKAHIRA, Hiroshima Japan, 29 April 2009
10.21 (+2.0) AKIHIRO YASUI, Otsu Japan, 24 June 2000
10.21 (+1.0) HIROYASU TSUCHIE, Tottori Japan, 6 June 2004

10.21 (+1.4) SHINTARO KIMURA, Hiroshima Japan, 27 June 2009
10.21 (+1.3) YUSUKE KOTANI, Hiroshima Japan, 29 April 2012
10.22 (+1.9) TETSUYA YAMASHITA, Tokyo Japan, 16 June 1991
10.22 (+0.6) YOSHITAKA ITO, Tokyo Japan, 10 June 1995
10.22 (+1.6) KENJI NARA, Kitakami Japan, 14 July 2001

10.22 (+1.6) YUTA KANNO, Yokohama Japan, 8 June 2003
10.22 (+1.9) SHOGO ARAO, Hiroshima Japan, 28 June 2009

VIDEOS

Yoshihide Kiryu 10.19s, +0.5, at Fukuroi (3-November-2012)



Yoshihide Kiryu 10.21s, +0.1, at Gifu (4-October-2012)



Yoshihide Kiryu 10.34s, +0.9, (Heats) at Gifu (4-October-2012)



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Asian Athletics Records and Leaders before Olympics

My German friend Heinrich Hubbeling, track and field statistician for IAAF and Asian AA wrote the following;

Dear friend,

thanks for your infos during last days.

Please find attached updated files (as per today / after the DL-Meeting at Monaco) with Asian Continental Records and 2012 Leaders for your website. The same files were forwarded to the ASIAN AA and to Rahul Pawar for enclosure to the (once again VIRUS-effected) AsianAthletics-website.

These records should be surely the final rankings in time before the Olympic Games, since MONACO was the last major competition worldwide before the Games.

This is for your kind information.


 Therefore, click here to download the 10-page file and you have the information of;
1) ASIAN Athletics Complete Records (as at 21 July 2012)
2) ASIAN Athletics Senior Leaders (as at 21 July 2012)
3) ASIAN Athletics Junior Leaders (as at 21 July 2012)

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Results - ASIAN All-Star Athletics Meet, Almaty 2012

Results of the 4th edition of Asian All-Star Track and Field Meet 2012 at ALMATY, Kazakhstan (30.06 - 01.07, 2012), note: at altitude of 1700m above the sea level (A).

Women's 100m at 4th Asian All-Star, Almaty 2012  (Asian AA)

First three at Day 1 (30.06.2012)

MEN
100 Metres (+0.6)
1. Reza Ghasemi (IRI) 10.24 NR
2. Vyacheslav Muravyev (KAZ) 10.59
3. Grigoriy Volodin (KAZ) 10.64
4. Aleksandr Viktorenko (KAZ) 10.64
5. Alexey Ayukassov (KAZ) 10.85

400 Metres 
1. Sagzhen Hashemiahan (IRI) 46.51
2. Sergey Zaykov (KAZ) 46.83
3. Maxim Mushtayev (KAZ) 47.51
4. Archand Christian Bagsit (PHI) 47.71
5. Aytzhan Baysbayev (KAZ) 48.20

400m Hurdles 
1. Joseph G. Abraham (IND) 50.22
2. Dimitriy Koblov (KAZ) 50.64
3. Viktor Leptikov (KAZ) 50.86
4. Junrey Bano  (PHI) 51.84
5. Yevganiy Meleshenko (KAZ) 52.17

Long Jump
1. Supanara Sukhasvasti Ayudhaya (THA) 7.76 ,0.0
2. Mohammad Arzandeh (IRI) 7.74 ,0.1
3. Konstantin Safronov (KAZ) 7.72 ,0.2
4. Mamoru Niimura (JPN) 7.55, 0.3
5. Henri Dagmil (PHI) 7.51, 0.0

Shot Put 
1. Ivan Ivanov (KAZ) 18.46
2. Mehrsafootizanjanigar Alireza (IRI) 18.42
3. Yohei Murakawa (JPN) 18.33
4. Oleg Istominov (KAZ) 17.60
5. Satoshi Hatase (JPN) 17.55

WOMEN
100 Metres (+0.8)
1. Olga Bludova (KAZ) 11.26
2. Anastassiya Tulapina (KAZ) 11.60
3. Vu Thi Huong (VIE) 11.70
4. Izabella Metlitskaya (KAZ) 11.85
5. Arina Maslyuk (KAZ) 11.87
6. Fong Yee Pui (HKG) 11.94

400 Metres
1. Viktoriya Zyabkina (KAZ) 51.67
2. Marina Maslenko (KAZ) 53.32
3. Maryam Toosi (IRI) 53.65
4. Natalya Tukova (KAZ) 54.26
5. Margarita Kudinova (KAZ) 54.59

800 Metres 
1. Margarita Mukasheva (KAZ) 2:00.48
2. Truong Thanh Hang (VIE) 2:01.70
3. Tintu Luka (IND) 2:01.71
4. Do Thi Thao (VIE) 2:07.25
5. Tatyana Neroznak (KAZ) 2:12.62

400m Hurdles 
1. Tatyana Azarova (KAZ) 55.71
2. Alexandra Kuzina (KAZ) 56.26
3. Ghofran Mohammed (SYR) 58.44
4. Liliya Bazyaruk (KAZ) 59.85
5. Svatlana Zagorodneva KAZ) 59.86

High Jump 
1. Marina Aitova (KAZ) 1.95
2. Duong Thi Viet Anh (VIE) 1.92
3. Wanida Boonwwan (THA) 1.89
4. Nadiya Dusanova (UZB) 1.85
5. Sahana Kumari (IND) 1.85

Triple Jump 
1. Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 14.49 , 0.0
2. Irina Ektova (KAZ) 14.29 ,0.3
3. Lyudmila Grankovskaya (KAZ) 13.63 ,0.4
4. Noor Amira Mohd Nafiah (MAS) 13.40, 0.5
5. Tran Hue Hoa (VIE) 13.28, 0.5

First three at Day 2 (01.07.2012)

MEN
1500 Metres
1. Sandeep Singh (IND) 3:51.66
2. Artem Kossinov (KAZ) 3:51.73
3. Hiroshi Ino (JPN) 3:53.23
4. Artik Ramazanov (UZB) 3:54.72
5. Merbin Guarte (PHI) 3:55.85

110m Hurdles
1. Asgar Rohollau (IRI) 13.50 NR
2. Semenov Denis (KAZ) 13.59
3. Martiynov Aleksey (RUS) 14.44

High Jump
1. Vitaliy Tsykunov (KAZ) 2.22
2. Sergey Zassimovich (KAZ) 2.22
3. Kumara W.P. Manjula (SRI) 2.22
4= Majed Eldein Ghazal (SYR) 2.18
4= Anton Bodnar (KAZ) 2.18

Triple Jump
1. Roman Valiyev (KAZ) 16.70, 0.5
2. Arpinder Singh (IND) 16.31, 0.1
3. Yuma Okabe (JPN)  16.11, 0.0
4. Yevgeniy Kleyev (KAZ) 16.05
5, Andrey Reznichenko (UZB) 15.75, 0.4

WOMEN
100m Hurdles
1. Natalya Ivoniskaya (KAZ) 13.09
2. Anatassiya Pilipenko (KAZ) 13.19
3. Dedeh Erawati (INA) 13.20
4. Anastasiya Soprunova (KAZ) 13.44
5. Mami Ishino (JPN) 13.70

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15th Asian Junior Athletics Championships 2012 Concluded - RESULTS

The 15th edition of Asian Junior Athletics Championships that was held during June 09-12, 2012 at Colombo, Sri Lanka concluded with China team collected a total of 23 medals (15G- 5S- 3B) and became the overall champion, as duly anticipated. Chinese Taipei team which culminated with 15 medals (6G-3S-6B) finished as the runner-up and followed by India with 13 medals (4G-4S-5B) in second runner-up.

The best performance in this meet came from the men's hammer throw where Ashraf Amgad Elseify of Qatar has thrown his iron ball at the longest measurement in the World this year  (World Junior Leader) with a distance of  80.85m, which is also a new Asian Junior Record. His distance was over 15 metres of the silver medalist's mark. Next  stop for the 17-year-old  'future World champion' is at the IAAF World Junior Championships in athletics that is slated in July 10-15 at Barcelona.

Including A.AElseify,  seven Meet Records were renewed in this edition, in the men's 800m (Teng Haining/CHN 1:46.56), 1500m (Hamza Driouch/QAT 3:39.85), Pole Vault (Zhang Wei/CHN 5.35), and in the women's 5000m (Haruka Kyuma/JPN 16:07.74), 3000m Steeplechase (Li Ting-Yu/TPE 10:44.94) Pole Vault (Xu Huiqin/CHN 4.25).

Men's 100m final at 15th Asian Juniors at Colombo (Asian AA)

All medalists as follows;

MEN
100m (9) / w: -2.3: 1. Taftian Hassan IRI 10.49, 2. Xie Zhenye CHN 10.54, 3. Yousef Ali Al-Shalani KSA 10.64;

200m (12) / w: -3.9: 1. Xie Zhenye CHN 21.15, 2. Kenta Kimura JPN 21.53, 3. Taftian Hassan IRI 21.60;

400m (10): 1. RA Dulaj Madusanka SRI 47.36, 2. Kimura Kazushi JPN 47.53, 3. Bandar Atiyah Al-Kaabi KSA 47.73;

800m (12): 1. Teng Haining CHN 1:46.56 NMR, 2. Hamza Driouch QAT 1:46.72, 3. Shota Kozuma JPN 1:49.37;

1,500m (10): 1. Hamza Driouch QAT 3:39.85 NMR, 2. Teng Haining CHN 3:43.00, 3. Jamal Al-Hayrani QAT 3:48.11;

5,000m (12): 1. Rahul Kumar Pal IND 14:33.60, 2. Kota Murayama JPN 14:33.67, 3. Keisuke Nakatani JPN 14:58.23;

10,000m (10): 1. Rahul Kumar Pal IND 30:28.95, 2. Kamino Daichi JPN 31:22.10, 3. Takahashi Soushi JPN 31:54.63;

3,000m St (11): 1. Mohamed Hasim Salah QAT 9:04.65, 2. Mohamad Al-Barakati KSA 9:15.81, 3. Le Trong Giang VIE 9:22.28;

110m Hurdles (11) / w: -2.5: 1. Kongdee Kittipong THA 13.86, 2. Cheng Yun-Yin TPE 13.87, 3. Supun Viraj Randeniya SRI 13.94;

400m Hurdles (12): 1. Ibrahim Mohamed Saleh KSA 51.20, 2. Yuichi Nagano JPN 51.32, 3. Durgesh Kumar Pal IND 51.38;

High Jump (11): 1. Barshim Muamer Aissa QAT 2.16, 2. Yuriy Dergachev KAZ 2.16, 3= Hsiang Chun-Hsieng TPE, 3= Subramaniam Navin Raj MAS 2.16;

Pole Vault (9): 1. Zhang Wei CHN 5.35 NMR, 2. Fuji Daiki JPN 4.80, 3. Mohd Fahme Zam Zam MAS 4.20;

Long Jump (10): 1. Lin Qing CHN 7.96, 2. Tomoya Takamasa JPN 7.68, 3. Kumaravel Premkumar IND 7.52;

Triple Jump (9): 1. Fu Haitao CHN 16.38, 2. Pratchaya Tepparak THA 16.25, 3. Mostafa Khosravi IRI 15.31;

Shot Put (9): 1. Li Meng CHN 19.95, 2. Mohammad Omer Abdul Qadri KSA 18.44, 3. Wong Kai Yuen SIN 17.39;

Discus Throw (12): 1. Mojtaba Shabaneh IRI 58.79, 2. Arjun IND 56.61, 3. Behnam Shiri Jabilon IRI 55.72;

Hammer Throw (11): 1. Ashraf Amgad Elseify QAT 80.85 WJL, AJR, NMR, 2. Sukhdev Singh IND 65.25, 3. Alhenoal Mobarais KUW 59.86;

Javelin Throw (11): 1. Cheng Chao-Tsun TPE 74.68, 2. Hosseini Seyed Amir Hossein IRI 68.47, 3. Ku Chia-Hao TPE 68.10;

Decathlon (10): 1. Mao Chi-Shun TPE 6252, 2. Alzeed Majeed KUW 5957, 3. Sanaei Jamaladd IRI 5422;

10,000m Walk (12): 1. Kuldeep IND 45:01.43, 2. Daisuke Matsunaga JPN 45:03.01, 3. Zhang Zhi CHN 45:05.27;

4x100m (11): 1 Thailand 40.21, 2. Japan 40.39, 3. Hong Kong 40.67;

4x400m (12): 1. Japan 3:09.64, 2. Saudi Arabia 3:10.63, 3. India 3:11.12;


WOMEN
100m (9) / w: -0.8: 1. Liao Ching-Hsien TPE 11.97, 2. Lin Huijun CHN 11.98, 3. Pakdee Khanrutai THA 12.17;

200m (12) / w: -3.1: 1. Lin Huijun CHN 24.69, 2. Olga Andreyeva KAZ 25.05, 3. Shanti Veronica Pereira SIN 25.09;

400m (10): 1. RM Shiwanthi Kumari Ratnayake SRI 55.91, 2. Priyanka Mondal IND 56.01, 3. Olga Andreyeva KAZ 56.03;

800m (12): 1 Wu Limin CHN 2:07.13, 2. Mizuki Yamamoto JPN 2:08.67, 3. Tatyana Yurchenko KAZ 2:09.60;

1,500m (10): 1. Wang Yanfei CHN 4:23.95, 2. Wu Limin CHN 4:24.36, 3.Saki Yoshimizu JPN 4:26.76;

3,000m (12): 1. Kotomi Takayama JPN 9:27.79, 2. Kim Hyr Gyeeg PRK 9:29.18, 3. Wu Yufeng CHN 9:31.22;

5,000m (9): 1. Haruka Kyuma JPN 16:07.74 NMR, 2. Moe Kyuma JPN 16:08.17, 3. Kim Hyr Gyeeg PRK 16:32.02;

3,000m St (11): 1. Li Ting-Yu TPE 10:44.94 NMR, 2. Mizuki Sado JPN 10:45.07, 3. RAC Jayamini SRI 10:55.76;

100m Hurdles (11) / w: -1.2: 1. Wang Dou CHN 13.80, 2. Hsieh Ching-Ju TPE 14.11, 3. Lui Lai Yiu HKG 14.59;

400m Hurdles (12): 1. Nguyen Thi Huyen VIE 59.92, 2. Marina Zaiko KAZ 60.00, 3. Li Pei-Lin TPE 61.45;

High Jump (10): 1. Wu Meng-Chia TPE 1.79, 2. HM Nimesha Siriwardane SRI 1.79, 3. Liu Xiao Yun CHN 1.76;

Pole Vault (11): 1. Xu Huiqin CHN 4.25 NMR, 2. Chuah Yu Tian MAS 3.40, 3. Liu Yu-Yao TPE 3.20;

Long Jump (11): 1. Chen Mudan CHN 6.18, 2. Wu Meng-Chia TPE 6.02, 3. Yuka Suda JPN 6.00;

Triple Jump (12): 1. Chen Mudan CHN 13.67, 2. Dilyara Abuova KAZ 13.35, Hung Pei-Ning TPE 13.01;

Shot Put (10): 1. Lai Li-Chun TPE 14.25, 2. Lee Mina KOR 14.12, 3. Thongchao Sawitri THA 13.98;

Discus Throw (12): 1. Subenrat Insaeng THA 54.08, 2. Navjeet Kaur Dhillon IND 44.78, 3. Jeong Ye-lim KOR 41.32;

Hammer Throw (11): 1. Yan Ni CHN 59.94, 2. Park Seo-jin KOR 54.03, 3. Misaki Fukushima JPN 50.78;

Javelin Throw (10): 1. Liu Shiying CHN 53.02, 2. Yumi Shimabukuro JPN 49.64, 3. Heo Hyo-jeng KOR 45.46;

Heptathlon (12): 1. Purnima Hembram IND 4979, 2. Sunisa Khotseemueang THA 4902, 3. Kirnos Nadezhda KAZ 4585;

10,000m Walk (10): 1. Lee Jeongeun KOR 49:04.60, 2. Wang Yalan CHN 50:01.15, 3. Khushbir Kaur IND 50:39.40;

4x100m (11): 1. Thailand 46.87, 2. Indonesia 47.24, 3. Chinese Taipei 47.32;

4x400m (12): 1. Kazakhstan 3:43.49, 2. Sri Lanka 3:46.76, 3. India 3:49.09

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Strong winds ‘spoils’ opening day of 15th Asian Junior Athletics Championships 2012 in Colombo

Unfavorable conditions disrupted the times of sprint events at first day of the 15th Asian Junior Athletics Championships 2012 yesterday (9 June 2012) at Sugathadasa Stadium at Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The men’s 100m final were against a strong headwind of -2.3 mps but Iranian Hassan Taftian (pb 10.41) had too much power to reach the finish line quicker than others and became the fastest man this edition, clocking 10.49. He beats China’s Xie Zhenye whose pb is 10.36s and Saudi Arabia’s Youssef Al Shalani Ali in second (10.54) and third (10.64) positions respectively. Li Tao’s meet record of 10.26 established at Djakarta in 1986 remained unchallenged.

Chinese Taipei’s Liao Ching-Hsien went to win the women’s 100m in a time of 11.97 (-0.8), beating China’s Lin Huijin by just one hundredths of a second in second place (11.98), while Thailand’s Pakdee Khanrutai third in 12.17.

Japanese twins Kyuma Haruka and Kyuma Moe were against each other in the women’s 5000m. In a thrilling clash, Kyuma Haruka crosses the line in 16:07.74 to take the gold medal from Kyuma Moe who trailed in second in 16:08.17. Both times surpasses the meet record 16:10.95 held by Nami Matsuda since 2006.

Chinese team leads the championships with three gold medals out of seven in the first day. China’s first gold produced by Li Meng in the men’s shot put after throwing 19.95m, just 4cm short to Shahrokhi Syeyed’s meet record 19.99m. Zhang Wei clears 5.35m in the men’s pole vault and won it with a margin of 55cm. He however didn’t able to beat his lifetime best of 5.50m.

Fu Haitao effort to break personal best 16.56m in the men’s triple jump was marred by the windy condition, but eventually adds the gold for China with 16.38m (+1.1) in his last jump, defeating Thailand’s Tepparak Phatchaya in second place (16.25m).

34 countries of Asian continental take part in these bi-annual junior championships.

First three results at day 1 (09.06.2012)

MEN
100m (-2.3): Taftian Hassan (IRI) 10.49
Xie Zhenye (CHN) 10.54
Al Shalani Yousef Ali (KSA) 10.64

Pole Vault: Zhang Wei (CHN) 5.35 NMR
Fuji Daiki (JPN) 4.80
Mohd Fahme Zamzam (MAS) 4.20

Triple Jump: Fu Haitao (CHN) 16.38
Tepparak Pratchaya (THA) 16.25
Khosravi Mostafa (IRI) 15.31

Shot Put: Li Meng (CHN) 19.95
Abdul Qadri Mohamma Omer (KSA) 18.44
Wong Kai Yuen (SIN) 17.39

Hammer Throw: n/a

WOMEN
100m (-0.8): Liao Ching-Hsien (TPE) 11.97
Lin Huijun (CHN) 11.98
Pakdee Khanrutai (THA) 12.17

5000m: Kyuma Haruka (JPN) 16:07.74 NMR
Kyuma Moe (JPN) 16:08.17
Kim Hyr Gyeeg (PRK) 16:32.02

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Rayzam clocks 13.83 110mh to beat Jamras Rittidet at 3rd Leg Asian GP, Chonburi 2012

Windy conditions at a day of competition is apparently preventing the chance of athletes to produce better results, as we have seen at the final leg (3rd leg) of Asian Grand Prix 2012, at Chonburi Thailand.

Zhang Peimeng (Chn) won the men's 100m for the third time (hat-trick) but clocking some way off to his PB 10.21s at all GP legs; with a time of 10.48s (+0.1) at 1st leg/Bangkok, then a 10.44s (+0.1) / Kanchanaburi and once again finishing in 10.48s at the final leg but it was under a difficult condition with headwind 3.1m/s The field had lost 0.15s by the winds.

In the men's 110mh the 'winners' and 'losers' have swapped. The winner at the 1st leg, Almandel Abdul Aziz (Kuw) has beaten the first finisher at Kanchanaburi (2nd leg) Fan Jiang of China with 13.62, and 13.78 for Jiang (-2.3). Ironically, third finisher at 2nd leg Jamras Rittidet (Tha) now defeated by the 4th finisher Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian (Mas). The Malaysian whose PB/SB is 13.81s has produced his second best time for the season with 13.83s while Rittidet who have run the time in 2nd leg, made a dismal 14.05s.

Pramote Poom-Urai (Tha) was in a great shape after bettering Torlarp Sudjanta's high jump NR 2.19s  at the 2nd leg to 2.26m, which improved his previous best height by 12cm, has made an outstanding jump of 2.23m at the 3rd leg. However on a count back after two others were clearing the same heights, he subsequently given the bronze. Iran's Keyvan Ghanbarzade took the gold, while Sri Lankan Kumara Majula silver.

As in the men's 100m,  Guzel Khubbieva (Uzb) has done it in women's 100m. She ran 11.39s in the 1st leg and then 11.56s at 2nd leg. The 36-year-old defending Asian 100m champion were not be able to run faster the final leg (11.82s) as her race was against a little 'typhoon' of -3.5m/s.

Truong Thanh Hang (Vie) won the 800m in 2:02.35. The Asian Champion who have not encountered her real threats in these outing, completed a hat-trick as well. In the previous legs, she made 2:02.15s (Bangkok) and 2:01.79s (Kanchanaburi).

A great luck for Marestella Toress (Phi) as she won the long in a season best jump of 6.62m after being helped by a favourable wind of +1.4, while others were against the winds in their best jumps.

After recording a national record in a meet at Khon Kaen with 54.88m in last March, Subenrat Insaeng (Tha) continue to make a consistent throw in discus. She won the 3rd leg in 52.72m. He threw 52.75m at the first leg and then 53.50m at 2nd leg - thus a hat-trick as well.

Other results can be seen and downloaded at the following links;

Complete results
3rd Leg Asian Athletics Grand Prix 2012, Chonburi / 14 May 2012
2nd Leg Asian Athletics  Grand Prix 2012, Kanchanaburi / 11 May 2012
1st Leg Asian Athletics Grand Prix 2012, Bangkok / 07 May 2012

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Jamras Rittidet 13.83, Rayzam Shah 13.87 110MH Asian GP 2nd Leg, Kanchanaburi 2012

Fast times produced in the men's 110m hurdles at the 2nd leg of Asian Athletics Grand Prix 2012 at Kanchanaburi province yesterday (11 May 2012). Fan Jiang of China was at his best to beat Kuwait's Almandeel Abdul Aziz (winner of the 1st leg in Bangkok) with 13.54s and bagged the gold. Abdul Aziz who produced 13.58s in the first leg only manage to finish in 13.69s.

But the point of talking among SEA fans and athletes was the current fastest hurdlers in Southeast Asia, Jamras Rittidet and Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian. Rittidet, the reigning SEA Games champion held off the challenge of his Malaysian rival to steal the bronze in a season best time of 13.83s, with 13.87s for Rayzam. 

In the previous race (1st leg) Rittidet was ahead of Rayzam with nearly the same margin of time. But Rayzam had a season best (and PB) 13.81s clocked at Melbourne last month, which is better than Rittidet's performances here. Now there's the final leg scheduled on the 14th of May, which is going to be more exciting and faster times will be seen.

Meanwhile, Chinese athlete continue to dominate the sprint hurdles when Sun Yawei took the gold medal in the women's event in 13.22s. But the victory was not that easy as Indonesia's Dedeh Erawati was just two hundredths of a second trailing behind her (13.24s).

Complete results Asian Athletics Grand Prix, 2nd leg Kanchanaburi, Thailand

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Singapore 39.58 4x100m NR at Asian GP 2012

Despite of finishing in fifth position in the men's 4x100m yesterday at the 2nd leg of Asian GP in Kanchanaburi (11 May 2012),  Singaporean national team has bettered the national record 39.82s set in 2009 SEA Games with a new mark of 39.58s.

Interestingly, the team with line-up of ...
Calvin Kang Li Loong (Pb 10.53, Sb 10.91 & 10.70w/2011),
Gary Yeo Foo Ee (Pb 10.62/10.46w, Sb 10.74/10.60w),
Lee Cheng Wei (Pb 10.61, Sb 10.78),
Muhd Amiruddin Jamal (Pb 10.53, Sb 10.69/2011),
...has once again, beaten the two prominent teams in Southeast Asia, Indonesia (40.23s 6th) and Thailand (40.25s 7th) after they did it in the 1st leg three days ago.

Note: in 2011 SEA Games, the team only lost the gold to Indonesia in the photo-finish when both teams finished in the same time in 39.91s.

In the first leg in Bangkok, the team (same sprinters) was registering 39.83s, only one hundredths of a second slower than the previous national record.

China won the race in 38.65s, Hong Kong finished in 2nd in 38.71, and followed by Chinese Taipei (39.19s) and South Korea (39.58s).

Third leg, the final leg of 2012 Asian GP will be held in Chonburi on May 14, 2012.

Full results: Asian GP 2nd Leg Kanchanaburi

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ASIAN Athletics Grand Prix 2012 - RESULTS, STATISTICS, PUBLICATIONS

Results of the 2012 ASIAN Athletics Grand Prix at Thailand as follows;

Leg 1: 08 May 2012, Bangkok - Results

Leg 2: 11 May 2012, Kanchanaburi - Start Lists, Results

Leg 3: 14 May 2012, Chonburi - Start Lists, Results

Statistics and Publication

ASIAN Continental Records as at 15 April 2012 (by Heinrich Hubbeling)

ASIAN Grand Prix Records (by Rahul Pawar & Ram. Murali Krishnan)

ASIAN Grand Prix "Past Champions"  (by Rahul Pawar & Ram. Murali Krishnan)

ASIAN Athletics TOP 10 Rankings 2011 (by Heinrich Hubbeling)

Note: ASIAN Athletics Annual Rankings 2011 / very deep annual ranking lists is NOW AVAILABLE. Publication date: 05 May 2012. 

The 23rd consecutive year of magnificent job by Heinrich Hubbeling contains TOP 30 Rankings and nearly 100 further lists (except JPN & CHN) at almost 50 events . Published in May 05, 2012. Please contact the compiler immediately if there's any interest at (email):  

hhubbeling@t-online.de

More details on this publication (and SEA Annuals) can be found/downloaded here. You only need to inform your interest to the compilers/editors and then further details will be provided.

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VIDEO 110mh Siddanth Thingalaya 13.66s, Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian 13.81s Australian Open 2012

Video of mens 110m hurdles at the 90th Australian Championships in Athletics 2012. India's Siddanth Thingalaya bettered his own national record to 13.66s and retained his gold medal at this champs, while Malaysia's Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian finished in silver position (also retained his silver from last year) in a personal best time of 13.81s. Read a related article here



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ASIAN Indoor Records and Indoor Season Leaders

These compilations with information of Asian Indoor records + best performances and event leaders (as at 18 March 2012) was provided  by Asian AA statistician Heinrich Hubbeling for AdrianSprints.com. Click the link below to download;

Asian Indoor records and Indoor season leaders

Statistics courtesy of AdrianSprints.com

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ASIAN Athletics Ranking 2011 - Free Download

Top 10 lists of ASIAN Athletics Ranking (+ complete Asian records) is now available for download. This 14-pages ranking is the 23rd consecutive annual ranking compiled by ATFS statistician, Heinrich Hubbeling.

Click here to download

However, this is only about 15% deep of the publication of 2011 Asian Athletics statistics. Kindly contact the editor/compiler for full statistics handbook (-+ 93 pages) which will be released during April 2012. The previous issues also still available. 

Heinrich Hubbeling, Vreden Germany. Email:  hhubbeling@t-online.de

And to those who interested in SOUTH EAST ASIAN Athletics Statistics (2011) click here

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Track and Field Athletics Results from ASIAN Countries

Results from ASIA  (2016 season)

• Encompasses results of the track and field, road racing, ultra running, and cross country as compiled by Germany's Heinrich Hubbeling (Asian AA, IAAF, ATFS Statistician).
• Very deep results from Asian countries (except Japan & China) with statistical remarks such as new NR and NJR. Results (saved in .doc format) will be sent to subscribers by email.

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ON THE TRACK

HONG KONG
Inter-City Athletics Championships / 02. – 03.07.2011
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SINGAPORE

3^rd ASEAN School Games / 02. – 04.07.2011

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SEA GAMES Trials for Discus Throwers / 29.06.2011

 -results-

SAA Track & Field Meeting / 16.07.2011

 -results-

MALAYSIA

Selangor Open Champs at Kuala Lumpur / 02. – 03.07.2011

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Selangor Junior Champs at Kuala Lumpur / 25. – 26.06.2011

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National University Championships at Serdang / 21. – 23.06.2011

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INDONESIA

Porwil Sumatera Champs at Johore Bahru & at Batam / 23. – 24 06.2011

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Indonesian National Championships at Jakarta 

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IRAN

National Junior Men Championships at Mashad / 06. – 07.07.2011

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KOREA

International Pole Vault Meeting at Busan / 25.06.2011

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KYRGHIZSTAN

National Youth Championships at Bishkek / 24. – 25.06.2011

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TAJIKISTAN

National Championships at Dushanbe / 15. – 16.06.2011

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LEBANON

National Meeting at Jamhour / 02.07.2011

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SRI LANKA

-delayed results from different national competitions-

1^st Round of National Athletics League at Diyagama / 08. – 09.04.2011

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2^nd Round at Diyagama / 08. – 09.05.2011

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National Selection Meeting at Diyagama / 25.05.2011

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ON THE ROAD

MALAYSIA

Standard Chartered Marathon at Kuala Lumpur / 26.06.2011

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International Race Running at Ipoh / 03.07.2011

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TIMOR LESTE

International Marathon at Dili / 18.06.2011

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CROSS COUNTRY

MONGOLIA

ASIAN Schools Cross Country Champs at Ulanbaatar / 25.06.2011
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