Rayzam Shah runs 13.67s (+1.7) and Breaks Nur Herman Majid's National Record

Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian has finally made it, he wrote his name into Malaysian athletics' record books, and this time breaking Nur Herman Majid's 23-year-old national record of 13.73s.

The Sabahan has just clocked a time of 13.67s (+1.7) to win his final B race at the Kurpfalz Gala, a local track meeting at Weinheim, Germany. He ran 13.97 (0.0) in heats.

For a record, he won the gold medal at 2007 SEA Games, 10 years ago at age of 18.

Chance to win 2017 SEA Games
If he can finish the race, no doubt it's a gold medal. Closest rival is Laotian Anouxone Xaysa who has a personal best of 14.00s. Defending SEA games champion, Jamras Rittidet of Thailand is retired.

Chance to run at 2017 IAAF World championships
He must run 13.48s before 23 July.

All sub-13.90 by Rayzam
13.67 (+1.7) ..... Weinheim GER 27 May 2017
13.81 (+0.2) ..... Melbourne AUS 2012
13.83 (-2.3) ..... Chonburi THA 2012
13.85 (0.0) ..... Zeulenroda GER 25 May 2017
13.86 (+0.7) ..... Palembang INA 2011
13.86 (-0.5) ..... Nottwil SUI 2012
13.85 (+0.3) ..... Bangkok THA 2013
13.87 (-0.7) ..... Kanchanaburi THA 2012
13.89 (+1.9) ..... Weinheim GER 2012
13.89 (+0.3) ..... Zeulenroda GER 25 May 2017

Southeast Asian all-time rankings
13.61 ... Jamras Rittidet THA ... Busan KOR 2014
13.67 ... Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian MAS ... Weinheim GER 2017
13.73 ... Nur Herman Majid MAS ... Hiroshima JPN 1994
13.85 ... Mohd Robani Hassan MAS ... Kuala Lumpur MAS 2008
13.90 ... Suphan Wongsriphuck THA ... Nakhon Ratchasima  THA 2008
14.00 ... Mohd Faiz Muhammad MAS ... Nakhon Ratchasima THA 2007
14.00 ... Anousone Xaysa LAO ... Bangkok THA 2016

Official results of Rayzam Shah's new National record of 13.67s

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Another National Record by Irfan Shamsudin 62.55m and Rayzam Shah runs 13.85

This unstoppable beast has just broken another national record, now with 62.55m throw.

Irfan Shamsuddin has just became the first Southeast Asian to throw over 60m at discuss throw. It was done with a throw of 61.10m at Halle on the 21st of May.

About only two days after that (23rd May) he renewed the mark in a throwing meeting at Turnov, Czech Republic with a distance of 61.56m.

On the 25th of May, the two-time SEA Games champion eclipsed his record again with a throw of 62.55m during the Union Leichtathletic Gala at Linz, Austria.

He was in second behind Austrian Lukas Weisshaidinger who threw 65.35m.

Irfan with his coach Franktisek Petrovic after throwing another national record of 62.55

Results
1. Lukas Weisshaidinger (AUT) 65.35m
2. IRFAN SHAMSUDDIN (MAS) 62.55m
3. Roland Varda (CRO) 58.65m
4. Igo Gondor (CZE)  53.76m

Irfan's throw series
55.87 / 62,55 / 58.15 / 56.91 / X / X


Rayzam Shah has posted two sub 13.90 in Germany

Meanwhile on the same day (25th), Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian has done two sub 13.90s at 110m hurdles in a track meeting at Zeulenroda, Germany.

He clocked a time of 13.89 (0.3) in heats and then 13.85 (0.0) in the finals.

Rayzam returned to Liepzig on the 9th of May to train under his German coach Jan Erasmus May - three weeks after the South African training camp where he ran two sub 14.00s (13.93 each) from two separate competitions.

The race was won by German Eric Balnuwet in 13.63 (heats 13.57), Rayzam in second while Julian Marquet third in 13.93.

Rayzam' chance to win SEA Games
The chance to bag gold medal is very high - Thai Jamras Rittidet the defending champion is retired. The closest is a hurdler from Laos who has a lifetime best of 14.00s.


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Photo by caach Franktisek

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Irfan Shamsuddin sets another record with 61.56m at Turnov, Czech Republic

Only two days after recording a personal best of 61.16m that also a Malaysian and Southeast Asian record, Irfan Shamsuddin has set another impressive throw of 61.56m at Turnov Check Republic today (23 May 2017) - again a new national record and Southeast Asian record.

Another impressive throw of 61.56m registered by Irfan Shamsuddin at Turnov

Results
1. Martin Wierig GER 64.73
2. Piotr Malachowski POL 64.53
3. Robert Urbanek POL 63.70
4. IRFAN SHMSUDDIN (MAS) 61.56
5. Jaromír Mazgal CZE 58.56
6. Igor Gondor CZE 54.68

Level of this performance
This would ranks him top 5 Asia annually in the Asian Athletics Rankings. You need to throw 67m in order to be top 10 of the world, throw 65m for top 30, or throw 64m for top 50. The 61.56m would make top 100 of the world.

Chance to win Asian Games
In the last three Asian Games (2014- 2006), first three results are 65.11 62.58 61.25 and 67.99 63.46 63.13 and 63.79 62.11 60.82, respectively. He will further improve his distance, therefore encance the chance of winning a medal in 2018 Asian Games as well.

Chance to win Commonwealth Games
Need to throw 63m in order to be in top 10 of Commonwealth annual rankings, but to win a medal in Commonwealth games, 62m would be sufficient if you are lucky.

Chance to qualify for IAAF world championships, London 2017
Must throw 65m before 23 July.



Photo by Karen Yap

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Irfan Shamsuddin becomes the first Southeast Asian to throw 60m in discus throw

Malaysia's Irfan Shamsuddin surpasses 60m mark in discuss throw.

He registered a distance 61.10m at Halle, Germany today (21 May 2017) to finish in 3rd position in the U23 competition.

Clemens Prufer won it in 62.29m, while Torben Brandt in second in 62.09m.

His mark rewrites his own national record of 59.29m which he set at Samorin, Slovakia last year.

Also, it renews the Southeast Asian Record of 59.87m by Singapore's James Wong Tuck Yim set in 1999 at Wiesbaden

Interestingly it is the first mark registered over 60m (and 61m) by a Southeast Asian.

Irfan Shamsuddin became the first Southeast Asian to throw over 60m in discus throw

All-time ten best marks by Irfan

61.10 ... 2017 ... Halle
59.29 ... 2016 ... Samorin
58.48 ... 2016 ... St. Polten
58.33 ... 2016 ... Halle
58.29 ... 2016 ... Budapest
58.04 ... 2015 ... Kuala Lumpur
57.59 ... 2017 ... Singapore
57.58 ... 2016 ... Sollentuna
56.91 ... 2017 ... Lumut
56.62 ... 2015 ... Singapore
56.35 ... 2016 ... Ried

Photo by Karen Yap

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Selangor Open Athletics Championships 2017

Kuala Lumpur, 13-14 May 2017 "Selangor Open Track and Field Championships 2017"
-state championships, with guests from Singapore
-best results as follows

MEN

100m (13) (nwi)
1. Mohd Izzuddin Yahaya 10.66
2. Mohd Haiqal Hanafi 10.68
3 Badrul HisyamAbdul Manap 10.79
4. Calvin Kang Li Loong (SGP) 10.81
5. Muhamad Solihin Jamali 10.82
6. Mohamad Aiedel Saadon 10.88

Semifianal
Heat 1: Izzuddin Yahaya 10.52, Calvin Kang (SGP) 10.57, Timothee Yap (SGP) 10.71
Heat 2: Badrul Hisyam 10.61, Haiqal Hanafi 10.64, Ariff Januri (SGP) 10.85, Nazri Mustafa 10.94, Fulfiqar Ismail 10.98
Heat 3: Khairyil Amri (SGP) 10.79, Hariz Darajit (SGP) 10.85
Heat 4 (questionable!): Aiedel Saadon 10.47, Zahid Roskalana 10.49, Solihin Samali 10.63, Zabidi Ghazali 10.80, Azim Ifwat Mohd Azam 10.87

Heats
Heat 1:  Izzuddin Yahaya 10.68, Haiqal Hanafi 10.80
Heat 2: Badrul Hisyam 10.76
Heat 4: Aiedel Saadon 10.98
Heat 5: Solihin Jamali 10.94, Hariz Darajit (SGP) 10.98
Heat 6: Nazreen Ezat 10.82
Heat 9: Calvin Kang (SGP) 10.56, Fulfiqar Ismail 10.91

200m (14)
1. Izzuddin Yahaya 21.60
2. Kannathasan Subramaniam 22.03
3. Muhamad Azim Azam 22.86

Semifinals
Heat 2: Kannathasan Subramaniam 22.08
Heat 3: Harith Ammar Mohd Sobri 21.87, Mohd Izzuddin Yahaya 21.88, Nazreen Ezat Che Hassan 22.27

Heats
Heat 8: Calvin Kang (SGP) 22.17
Heat 9: Timothee Yap (SGP) 21.91, Harith Ammar Mohd Sobri 21.92

400m (13)
1. Anchois Aron 48.03
2. Fairol Nazim Mohd Noor 48.23
3. Azam Mazri 48.28
4. Kwong Kar Jun 48.61
5. Saiful Safwan Zinuddin 49.09

Semifinal
Heat 1: Mohd Fairol Nazim 47.77, Anchois Aron 48.56, Azam Masri 49.29
Heat 2: Shahmimi Azmi 48.98
Heat 3: Saiful Safwan Zainuddin 49.60
Heat 4: Ilham Suhaimi 48.96

800m (14)
1. K. Saravanan (SGP) 1:57.76
2. Ryan Zachary Devaray  (SGP) 1:59.62
3. Maheswarean 2:04.17

Heats 
Heat 1: Royson Vincent 1:55.03, Saravanan (SGP) 1:57.00, Berchmns Arrulbass 1:58.20
Heat 3: Putra Azrul Syazwan Azman 1:55.61, Muhd Nabil Mohd Nizar 1:58.28
Heat 4: Maheswaran 1:59.56, Zachary Ryan Devaraj (SGP) 2:00.15

1500m (13)
1. Prabudass Krishnan 4:00.27
2. Asif Rahman Jiyaudeen 4:02.72
3. Haja Fayis (SGP) 4:09.75

5000m (13)
1. R. Thevan 15:40.78
2. M. Govinda 16:02.67
3. Azwan Bunjing 16:03.26

3000m Steeplechase (14)
1. Devin Raj 10:01.79
2. Jivarasan Suthang 10:11.71
3. Prethibkumar Janakyraman 10:26.88

110m hurdles (14)
1. Ang Chen Xiang (SGP) 14.53
2. Juan Wei Siang 15.33
3. Mohd Naim Abdullah 15.52

400m hurdles (13)
1. Quek Le Yong 52.81
2. Firdaus Mazalan-II  53.57
3. Mohd Farhan Hafsyam 53.78

High Jump (14)
1. Syazwan Ahmad 2.10
2. Muhd Nasiruddin (SGP) 1.95
3. Ahmad Najwan Aqra 1.95

Pole Vault (14)
1. Ng De Wi (SGP) 4.40
2. Desmond Boey (SGP) 4.40
3. Muhamad Afiq Ahmad Ilham 4.20
4. Muhammad Naufal Shahrul AfzaN 4.20

Long Jump (14)
1. Mohd Shahrin Azuan 6.75
2. Muhammad Hafzuddin Farhan 6.64
3. Tong Chin Mok 6.49

Triple Jump (14)
1. Muhammad Hakimi Ismail 16.61 (wind?)
2. Jonathan Larus 14.81
3. Lau Jit Sung 14.30
4. Fitri Anaqi Sobri 14.29
5. Mohd Iqbal Mohd Zuki 14.03

Shot Put (13)
1. Fariz Jamaluddin 13.95
2. Loh Cen Hao 12.66
3. Faqriez Fazuri 12.53

Discus Throw (13)
1. Abdul Rahman Lee 45.56
2. Benny Lam (SGP) 45.35
3. Fariz Hazim Jamaluddin 42.87

Javelin Throw (13)
1. Muhd Ashraf Abu 58.27
2. Mohd Rozaini Subki 54.15
3. Akid Chong Mohd Izham 54.10

10000m Walk (14)
1. Mior Muhammad Amerul Ishak 48:43.96
2. Rajaratnam Munaindy 48:44.73
3. Irfan Hanania Shahrir 50:46.88

4x100m (13)
1. SSTMI Team 40.29
2. Singapore Team 40.50
3. SSTMI B Team 41.68

WOMEN

100m (13) (nwi)
1. Nor Aliyah Ab Rahman 12.27
2. Kugapriya Chandaran (SGP) 12.34
3. Norris Foo 12.47
4. Nur Izlyn (SGP) 12.47

200m (14)
1. Nor Aliyah Ab Rahman 24.81
2. Norris Foo 25.84
3. Darshini Murugan 26.23

Heats
Heat 1: Nor Aliyah Ab Rahman 25.72
Heat 5: Norris Foo 25.84

400m (13)
1. Darshini Murugan 60.21
2. Zaimah Atifah 60.84
3. Nona Azama Mohd Noor 61.15

800m (14)
1. Lossini J (SGP) 2:21.07
2. Narmadha 2:29.51
3. Izza Jasmina 2:33.82

1500m (13)
1. Sheela Samivellu 4:59.00
2. Manissha Arokisamy 5:09.50
3. Koong Jia Lin 5:12.24

5000m (13)
1. Pavithra Devi 20:33.30
2. Lim Liang Hui 23:26.06
3. Angela Kundang 24:03.24

100m hurdles (14)
1. Nur Syafiqah Anis Abu Bakar 14.59
2. Nurul Nabilah Azhar 16.03
3. Noor Rafhanah Abdul Aziz 17.16

400m hurdles (13)
1. Saidatul Izzati Suhaimi 66.97
2. Nur Ain Mohd Zulkifli 68.02
3. Tan Wei Rou 71.53

High Jump (14)
1. Michelle Sng (SGP) 1.75
2. Shahira Sazali 1.65
3. Valerie Chong (SGP) 1.60
4. Nurul Faleha 1.60

Pole Vault (14)
1. Justina Chan Jia Min 3.50
2. Nurul Fitriyana Abd Rani 3.30
3. Puteri Nur Adila 3.30

Long Jump (14)
1. Ng Yu Jie 5.30
2. Noor Amy Lieyana Ismail 5.12
3. Fatin Ilyana Mat Layan 4.84

Triple Jump (14)
1. Nurul Ashikin Abas 12.28
2. Mahira Ishak 11.90
3. Nurul Anis Aunie Husin 11.26

Shot Put (13)
1. Rahilah Othman 13.12
2. Bibi Nurishah Ishak 13.01
3. Norhasihma Mohamad 12.62

Discus Throw (14)
1. Oq Si Xing (SGP) 38.59

Javelin Throw (13)
1. Pavithraa Devi 41.08
2. Wong Nie Nie 39.50
3. Fatin Nur Shahiera 36.53

5000m Walk (14)
1. Nurul Ashikin Hussin 27:52.60
2. Celeste Ho Wing Sum 30:10.33
3. Ng Zi Ling 30:48.43

4x100m (13)
1. SSBJ Team 51.98

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Keputusan Kejohanan Olahraga MSSM 2017

MSSM Athletics Championships 2017 at Penang
-first three and selected results during Day 2 (26 May 2017)
-results day 1 here

MALE

Open (18 years and under)
5000m (26)
1. Karti Keyan Satya Moorthy (nse) 16:44.80
2. Sureshkumar Ravichandran (Nse) 17:02.03
3. Muhammad Khairi Shazen Shukri (Ked) 17:05.81

Under 18
400m (26)
1. Muhammad Ilham Suhaimi (Sel) 48.55
2. Mohd Nur Aidiel Messelan (Sar) 50.09
3. Azhad Kathidin Masile (Sab) 50.30
4. Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Razak (Nse) 50.57

Long Jump (26)
1. Muhamad Nazri Mustafa (Ked) 7.37
2. Alif Luqman Azman (Per) 6.87
3. Muhammad Hafizuddin Zamzam (Nse) 6.78

Octathlon (26)
1. Muhammad Izzat Othman (Joh) 4832
2. Muhammad Hadi Sugiman (Sel) 4685
3. Muhammad Raihan Aluwi (Kul) 4613

4x100m (26)
1. MSS Johor Team 41.64
2. MSS Selangor Team 41.75
3. MSS Sabah Team 41.83
4. MSS Terengganu Team 42.23
5. MSS Melaka Team 42.29
6. MSS Kedah Team 42.55

Under 15
400m (26)
1. Loganes Thilaganathan (Prk) 49.59
2. Mohd Azmir Abdul Rahman (Sab) 50.24
3. Muhamad Alif Firdaus (Pah) 50.35
4. Muhammad Syakir Daniel Fauzi (Ter) 50.81

Shot Put (4kg) (26)
1. Zeronnie Felipe Thomas (Sar) 16.80 (MR)
2. Muhammad Ilham Zulkafli (Pah) 16.21 (MR)
3. Muhammad Haikal Zulaslan (Sel) 15.82
4. Zamri Amri Abdullah (Sar) 15.22

Javelin Throw (26)
1. Gery Brendan Sipanis (Sab) 54.38
2. Nur Azmi Misri (Joh) 53.07
3. Randi Yantalu (Sab) 51.85

4x100m (26)
1. MSS Selangor Team 43.29
2. MSS Sabah Team 43.36
3. MSS Perak Team 44.20

Under 12
4x100m (26)
1. MSS Sabah Team 46.61 (MR)
2. MSS Selangor Team 48.53
3. MSS Kedah Team 48.94

FEMALE

Open (18 years and under)
3000m (26)
1. Ainur Shafiqah Azmi (Nse) 11.15.55
2. Ki Jing Wen (Sel) 11:25.59
3. Puspa Letchumy Jaintheran (Joh) 11:27.20
4. Janice Loh Yinjin (Pen) 11:35.05
5. Loshini Ragu (Prk) 11:37.67

Under 18
400m (26)
1. Nur AAthirah Khairul Noormizan (Pah) 59.62
2. Nona Azama Mohd Nor (Kel) 60.62
3. Erlyn Yong (Sab) 62.29

High Jump (26)
1. Nini Sharmiza Salim (Joh) 1.61
2. Ngu Jia Xin (Prk) 1.55
3. Nur Syazira Zulhani (Ked) 1.55

Shot Put (4kg) (26)
1. Nani Sahirah Maryata (Pah) 12.70 (MR)
2. Grace Wong Xie Mei (Sar) 12.50
3. Joan Wee Phei Xuen (Kel) 11.31

4x100m (26)
1. MSS Terengganu Team 49.57
2. MSS Sabah Team 49.73
3. MSS Johor Team 50.85

Under 15
400m (26)
1. Nor Aliyah AAb Rahman (Joh) 60.94
2. Puteri Nur Safirah Gajali (Sab) 62.03
3. Chloe Loh Sze Ern (Pen) 62.25

Triple Jump (26)
1. Auelia Ethel Claudius (Sab) 11.41
2. Najwa Asyilah Noralizam (Nse) 11.22
3. Melissa Choong En Xuan (Pen) 10.94
4. Nur Anis Athirah Mohamad Asmai (Kel) 10.86

Shot Put (3kg) (26)
1. Nurrul Ainin Stauqina Azahar (Pah) 13.59 (MR)
2. Rozimah Rundi (Pah) 11.76
3. Celine Khoo Wei Eng (Sar) 10.92

3000m Walk (26)
1. Nurul Syzlin Amira Abd Malik 16:28.33
2. Norhana Aleysa Mazuan (Kul) 16:51.74
3. Che Nurain Natasya Ab Rahman (Kel) 17:04.74

4x100m (26)
1. MSS Sabah Team 49.21
2. MSS Johor Team 49.63
3. MSS Kedah Team 49.70

Under 12
High Jump (26)
1. Nuul Alysha Abdullah (Ked) 1.39
2. Nor Syahira Marzuki (Ked) 1.35
3. Nur Afzatulatiqah Jatey (Sab) 1.30

4x100m (26)
1. MSS Sarawak Team 52.57
2. MSS Sabah Team Team 52.76
3. MSS Johor Team 52.94

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Results 59th MSSM Athletics Championships 2017

Penang, 25-28 May "59th Malaysian Schools Track and Field Championships 2017"
-first three and best results during day 1 (25 April)


MALE
Under 18
100m (25) (+2.3)
1. Muhammad Aiedel Sa'adon (Mal) 10.53
2. Muhammad Fakhrul Abdul Aziz (Pen) 10.67
3. Muhammad Solihin Jamali (Kul) 10.83
4. Muhammad Nur'afi Huzaimee (Joh) 10.89
5. Muhammad Faiz Md Isa (Ked) 11.00

-heats
H1 (wind?) Muhammad Nur'afi Huzaimee 10.96
H2 (wind?) Muhammad Aiedel Sa'adon 10.58, Noor Nasriq Mazlan (Ter) 10.93, Muhammad Nur Adli Johari (Sel) 10.98
H3 (wind?) Muhammad Fakhrul Abdul Aziz 10.59, Muhammad Fai Md Disa (Ked) 10.86, Mohd Norhazim Ahmad (Sar) 10.92, Raja Muhammad Daniel Raja Shahrul (Mel) 10.94, Mohamad Rafsyam Jafirin (Sab) 10.96
H4 (wind?) Muhammad Solihin Jamali 10.84, Muhammad Syazwan Harris Ahmad (Nse) 10.98

800m (25)
1. Muhammad Faiz Abdul Ghafar (Pah) 1:56.50
2. Berchmans Arruldass (Sel) 1:56.87
3. Poovinnsegaran Gunasegaran (Kul) 1:57.48

400m hurdles (25)
1. Rusleen Zikry Putra Rosely (Ter) 54.38
2. Muhammad Ilham Suhaimi (Sel) 54.72
3. Ahmad Syafiq Suhaimi (Kel) 55.41

Discus Throw (1.5kg) (25)
1. Ngu Ing Bao (Sar) 52.89 (MR)
2. William Wong Tung Wei (Sar) 49.81
3. Mohd Faiz Mohd Zaid (Ter) 46.60

Under 15
100m (25) (+3.3)
1. Mohammad Thaqif Hisyam (Sel) 11.04
2. Muhammad Bakthiar Aiman Amran (Pah) 11.07
3. Muhammad Idham Rosli (Kul) 11.12

-heats
H2 (wind?) Muhammad Bakhtiar Aiman Amran (Pah) 11.06
H3 (wind?) Muhammad Adham Rosli 11.00

800m (25)
1. Devesshraja Sathiahmoorthy (Sel) 2:03.29
2. Muhamad Alif Firdaus (Pah) 2:03.56
3. Zaiyusri Zainon (Pen) 2:04.25

200m hurdles (25)
1. Mohd Ifran Mohd Fetry (Prk) 24.64
2. Muhammad Muzakkir Reza (Nse) 24.80
3. Mohd Izmir Abdul Rahman (Sab) 24.81

High Jump (25)
1. Farrell Glenn Jurus (Sab) 190
2. Amer Haiqal Ismail (Ked) 1.87
3. Wong Jing Hui (Pen) 1.87
4. Muhammad Naufal Afzam (Joh) 1.87

Under 12 
100m (25) (+1.9)
1. Jad Rizalman Washif (Sab) 11.91
2. Muhammad Azwan Rumi (Sab) 11.92
3. Bendict Duau Dennis (Sar) 12.26

-heats
H2 (wind?) Jad Rizalman Washif 12.02
H3 (wind?) Muhammad Azwan Rumi 11.91

Aiedel Saadon won 100m gold of 2017 MSSM athletics championships in 10.53w

FEMALE

Under 18
100m (25) (+2.5)
1. Azreen Nabila Alias (Ter) 12.06
2. Darshini Murugan (Pah) 12.45
3. Chelsea Cassiopea Eval (Sab) 12.52

800m (25)
1. Janice Loh Yinjin (Pen) 2:29.94
2. Nur Jannah Zainuddin (Ked) 2:30.55
3. Joey Yoong Xue Zhen (Kul) 2:33.91

400m hurdles (25)
1. Noor Faizatul Natasha Bakri (Ter) 64.93
2. Nur Nabilah Rosli (Nse) 66.30
3. Karmentina Nadia Quadra (Sab) 67.10

Long Jump (25)
1. Mahira Hanis Ishak (Joh) 5.42
2. Nurul Ashikin Abas (Prk) 5.37
3. Mandy Goh Li (Sar) 5.28
4. Ruby Lee Jia Lu (Sar) 5.27

Discus Throw (25)
1. Nani Sahirah Maryata (Pah) 39.98
2. Grace Wong Xiu Mei (Sar) 36.93
3. Wong Xiao Mei (Sar) 36.27

5000m Walk (25)
1. Nurul Ashikin Hussin (Kul) 26:45.99
2. Nurul Alyahaziqah Kamarazaman (Kel) 27:29.67
3. Nurul Ilyiana Syafikah Hashim (Kel) 27:39.88

Under 15
100m (25) (+2.4)
1. Nor Aliyah Ab Rahman (Joh) 12.30
2. Ikma Syaffiera Duris (Sab) 12.41
3. Rabiatul Yusra Adenan (Ked) 12.46
4. Siti Norzulaikha Ramli (Ter) 12.50

800m (25)
1. Siti Aina Saudah Alias (Ter) 2:21.77
2. Padhmaloshini Jayaseelan (Joh) 2:24.01
3. Lavinyah Matharan (Nse) 2:27.50

200m hurdles (25)
1. Nurul Syafiqah Zainal Abidin (Kul) 28.51
2. Halimatulsaadiah Mohammed Raja (Sab) 28.70
3. Nur Dinar Sofea Yuhaizam (Sel) 28.89

Under 12
100m (25) (+0.2)
1. Dolly Uring Jau (Sar) 13.39
2. Karen Rejie (Sar) 13.52
3. Meselemya Bous (Sab) 13.53

-heats
H2 (wind?) Dolly Uring Jau 13.27
H3 (wind?) Eugene Poh Wei Qi (Kul) 13.36
H4 (wind?) Farah Suffiya Nayan (Ked) 13.47

Long Jump (25)
1. Nadia Jaman (Sar) 4.73
2. Thaneswary Nadarajan (Nse) 4.47
3. Tong Ler Xuan (Joh) 4.42

Sho Put (2.72kg) (25)
1. Tang Shi Ung (Sar) 10.19
2. Nurul Aqma Nizam (Ked) 9.61
3. Nur Amirah Aishah Rosli (Pah) 8.78

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The Roles of a Performance Scientist in Elite Sports

The primary roles of performance scientist are to help athletes and coaches optimizing sports performance, by understanding a wide range of factors that contribute to performance enhancement (or even decrement). 

Such roles usually facilitated by a multidisciplinary sports science (e.g., applied physiology, biomechanics, biochemistry, psychology,  motor control, data science, among others) and use of technologies.

In short, a performance scientist is a major expert in sports science and sports performance. Of note, a performance scientist may be distinctive from a  high-performance manager, an individual usually  manage and oversee the high-performance program and development for a particular or a group of sports.

Both performance scientist and high-performance manager are seen synonymous due to several concurrent roles that they might be required to do. For example, in some institutions, the same person, e.g. head of sports, may have to carry out all the roles needed to be done by different individuals.

Regardless of the above, athletes require the best support from the different area of sports performance (training, monitoring, performance issues, etc.) in order to maximize  performance. This is where a performance scientist can play his/her roles to support athletes.

Think about this ...

In a major competition, you might have observed athletes who were unable to get out of blocks smoothly, could not accelerate properly, unable to maintain good  technique throughout competition, lacking of speed endurance and 'dies' towards the end, not being explosive and powerful enough, no physical capacity compete with others, lost by one hundred of a second to an opponent in major games and missing the gold medal, multiple mistakes, obvious difference in body composition, lack of movement coordination, recurrent injury, and so on.

Here, a performance scientist can play an important role here. But how?

First, a performance scientist will look into aspects that can be optimized, modified, or addressed. Thus, all the available information will be used to determine "what needs to be done." This can be achieved through a series of physical, physiological, psychological, and biomechanical assessments – body composition, strength, power, speed endurance, stride length, and frequency, etc., or assessments of performance during a competition.

This is usually done by a high-performance team (of sports scientists) led by the performance scientist, which involves strength and conditioning specialist, physiologist, biomechanist, nutritionist, psychologist, physiotherapist, physician, etc. in conjunction with the coaching staff, technical director, and manager (see Figure). Information or viewpoints from these experts or scientists can help a performance scientist to develop a more objective, fruitful and "well supported" work plan.

A group of scientist and medical personnel will then work in parallel based on the work plan that has been developed earlier. This integrative way of working with athletes can provide a better understanding of performance, more objective, effective, transparent process in terms of working strategy, which can also eliminate intervention bias (e.g. typical question; does he needs more physical or mental training?).

An integrated approach is different from the classical multidisciplinary methods, which involves experts of different sports science and medical areas who are working with one athlete at the same time, but they work according to what they feel would work purely from the perspective of their own field. Another typical multidisciplinary approach is when a group of scientists (different field) works together during the beginning of a programme (e.g. talent identification or sports science services) but makes their own directions when explaining their findings or making a recommendation. This is not more helpful for people (i.e. coaches) to have a good intervention strategy.

Structure of the high-performance team

Note that in this Figure, performance scientist (who is an expert in sports science and performance) is grouped together with technical coach (as well as chief coach and technical director) who is an expert in sports-specific performance, and also sports/team manager who involves in the management aspect of athletes.

Work plan and intervention ideas

The work plan is used to guide the intervention process using an integrated approach. This includes, for examples, what to do in terms of strength training (by strength and conditioning specialist, and how a nutritionist can support this intervention), what exercises to choose for specific muscle strengthening (by strength and conditioning specialist, and how a biomechanist can provide insight on athlete's gait and motor coordination/technique), and how a group of three scientists (of different expertise) works together to provide a training recommendation as a result of their physiological (strength and power), biomechanical (i.e. kinetic and kinematic), and motor coordination assessments (i.e. technique).

Further, this is extended to ... a) how a biomechanist and skill acquisition expert can work together to improve an athlete's skills ... b) how a psychologist can incorporate a mental rehearsal skill to help improve motor coordination and behavioral performance (i.e. motor control)  ...c) how athletes can benefit from a combination of tactical insights (i.e. by performance analyst) and skills to deal with pressure (i.e. by a psychologist) to improve on decision making and strategy/tactical.

During a competition (e.g. sprinting start), experts will observe and assess athletes to provide related information such as changes in the angular displacement of joints, motor coordination or technical accuracy, as well as the behavioral aspects (e.g. anxiety and emotional); and how this information is used for intervention by both strength and conditioning specialist and technical coach; and monitored over time by the aforesaid sports scientists to see if athletes have improved.

Illustration of an integrated approach for a fitness assessment programme and how to explain the data and intervention strategy to the coaching staff. Of note, the intervention strategy here is based on the information (e.g. gaps or weaknesses) from the physiological and kinematic tests. In addition, the overall recommendation includes supplement intake and diet plan to support the main intervention. This is one of the various examples.

Having said that, successful athletes rely not upon only good support. Before we even think about high-performance support, the biggest gains that athletes can have are actually from their discipline, motivation, training consistency, if being free injury, have access to proper recovery, have nutritious meals, and so on.

Athletes must have a positive mindset and belief that would steer them to become better athletes, but we can't deny that a good coach can help to facilitate the process. A good practice environment (people and facility), proper management, good support services, sports science, and medicine are essential in high-performance sports.

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