Hasil Atletik XII POMNas 2011, Batam, Indonesia

Pekan Olah Raga Mahasiswa Nasional (POMNas XII) 2011, Batam, Kepulauan Riau / Indonesian National University Games, held at Batam, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia on Sept. 18 to 21, 2011. Athletics events were taking place in September 20 to 21. 

Following are the leading results (auto-timing / wind reading not reported);

Men Events

(20) 200m: 1, Umar Wira, 22.50;

(20) LJ: 1, Made Sukariata, 6.99; 2, Okky Setyo U., 6.98; 3, Irwin Maulana, 6.94;

(20) DT: 1, Dimas Arif Sumantri, 43.26; 2, Hardodi Sihombing, 41.87; 3, Ardiansyah Apandi, 37.90;

(20) JT: 1, M. Rusmanto, 54.94; 2, Akil, 53.07; 3, Aldian Trijatmiko, 52.09;

(20) 10000m: 1, Mari Yusuf Gulo, 35:09.8;  2, Haryanto, 35:35.7; 3, Genius Wetipo, 36:19.5;

(21) 10000w: 1, Rian Saputra, 54:14.03;

Women Events

(20) 800m: 1, Bertha Sarira Bone, 2:27.44; 2, Dakwatul Anisa, 2:28.86; 3, Akhirwanta Harahap, 2:28.87;

(21) 1500m: 1, Yulia Ningsih, 5:04.81; 2, Lismawati, 5:07.92;

(20) 5000m: 1, Yulia Ningsih, 18:44.25; 2, Merry Paijo, 18:48.38; 3, Novita Andriyani, 19:03.42;        

(20) DT: 1, Anita Rohmah, 32.27;

(21) JT: 1, Sri Ummi Utami, 38.43; 2, Ayu Ariandani Hand, 38.28;

(21) 10000w: 1, Wulan Sari Romadoni, 1:00:37.50; 

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Malaysian Great Ghenda Singh Dies at 89

Hammer thrower Ghenda Singh

Ghenda Singh, one of the greatest hammer throwers ever produced by Malaysia died at 89 on October 09, 2011, after a short illness as reported by local media. It's about one year after the death of another great Malaysian athlete in the past Datuk Gabuh bin Pigging.

Ghenda was born in India at August 21, 1922 but migrated to Malaysia (Malaya at the time) twenty years later (1942) with the Indian army. He later served as policeman and when the country became independent in 1957 he gained an auto citizenship and maintained the post until his retirement in 1977. Despite of retired from the professional work he actually had not yet retired as a professional athlete at the time, something that only a few on earth could achieve.

Most of Malaysian today are not even aware about the greatness of this special man who represented Malaysia in five editions of SEA Games, and in fact he was able to maintain his great strength and power until at age of 55 where he won the bronze at hammer throw (41.60m) in the 1977 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur. And that was in spite of suffered a severe injury of his pectoral (see photo), and was advised by doctor to not compete ... he took painkiller, compete, and won the bronze !!

About ten years earlier on July 08, 1967 (at 45) he threw a personal best of 44.38m in hammer throw, and bettered his old national record 44.14m. In the same year, he took the first national title after winning the MAAU/National meet at Alor Star, thrown the iron ball at a distance of 42.94m. He did not win the previous national meets as his event was dominated by strong foreign athletes like Muhammad Iqbal of Pakistan, a world class thrower at the days with a PB of 63.10m.

Ghenda however shortly retired from his career as an athlete but then became a great mentor to his son Samreet Singh Dhaliwal.  As his father, Samreet became a great hammer thrower and earned at least two gold medals in SEA Games out of five appearances in the games in which the other three editions he bagged home all silver medals. He achieved a lifetime best of 51.14m  on November 04, 1988 at Kuala Lumpur.

Following are detailed achievements and profile of the late Ghenda Singh;

GHENDA SINGH JUAH (other spelling, GENDA)
Born: 21 August 1922, in India
Residence: Ipoh, Perak
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 108kg *
Personal bests:
Hammer Throw - 44.38m (Penang, 1967)
Shot Put - 12.45m (Penang, 1967)
*body weight during career

SEA Games achievements
1965 Kuala Lumpur: 38.78m Silver Medal
1967 Bangkok: 42.44m Silver Medal
1971 Kuala Lumpur: 39.78 Fourth Place
1973 Singapore: 41.22m Bronze Medal
1977 Kuala Lumpur: 41.60m Bronze Medal
*before 1977 known as SEAP Games

by Jad Adrian (Track & Field Statistician)

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2011 Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) Athletics Championships - Results

The 48th Malaysian Armed Forces athletics championships  (Kejohanan Olahraga ATM - Angkatan Tentera Malaysia) was held during September 20-22, 2011 at Ipoh, Perak. Following are the best results:

MEN EVENTS
(22) 100m: 1, Mohd Azhar Ismail, 10.70; 2, Mohd Noor Imran A. Hadi, 10.78; 3, Subramaniam Kannan, 10.83; 4, Mohd Zabidi Ghazali, 10.90; 5, Mhd Latif Nyat, 11.10;
(21) 200m: 1, Mohd Noor Imran A.H, 21.66; 2, M. Zabidi Ghazali, 22.17;
(20) 400m: 1, Paneerselvam Yuvaaraj, 48.14; 2, Muhamad Yunus Lasaleh, 48.55; 3, Murugiah Parthiban, 48.86; 4, Schzuan Ahmad Rosely, 49.19; 5, Mohd Harmizi Arobi, 49.97; 6, Azri Kadir, 50.07;
(20) 800m: 1, Mohd Jironi Riduan, 1:50.21 (8th MAS All-Time list); 2, Mahendran Vadivellan, 1:51.64; 3, Subramaniam Mathialagan, 1:54.05; 4, Nik Hafiz Nik Mohamad, 1:54.85;
(21) 1500m: 1, M. Jironi Riduan, 4:04.6; 2, S. Mathialagan, 4:08.1; 3, Nik Hafiz N.M, 4:09.8; 4, Muniandy Uthentharan, 4:19.2;
(22) 5000m: 1, M. Vadivellan, 15:18.96; 2, Nik Fakaruddin Ismail, 15:29.02; 3, Muniandy Arul Thevar, 16:07.03; 4, Sivamanogaram, 16:22.23;
(20) 10000m: 1, Jayamaran Karthik, 33:50.44; 2, Muniandy Arul Thevar, 33:52.47; 3, Sivamanogaran, 36:07.47; 4, Muniandy Diven, 36:23.77;
(21) 3000St: 1, Mohgan Ravinteran, 9:40.72; 2, Mohd Faizal Mohanuddin, 9:55.25; 3, Mohd Affindi Nudin, 9:59.31;
(20) 110mh: 1, Mohd Rohaizad Jamil, 14.42 (8th All-Time list); 2, Nor Azizi Ariffin, 14.87; 3, Mohaswadie Mohamad, 14.90; 4, Zulhelmy Zainon, 15.75;
(21) 400mh: 1, Azri Kadir, 54.04; 2, Mohd Faizul Izzudin, 54.96; 3, Syed Mohd Rizal Syed Alwi, 55.25; 4, Jasni Ka Mohd Nizal, 56.43;
(21) HJ: 1, Ahmad Najwan Aqra Hussaim, 2.18 (4th MAS All-Time list);
(20) LJ: 1, Jen Chan Guo, 7.28; 2, Muhamad Hakimi Ismail, 7.17; 3, Josbert Tinus, 6.96;
(21) TJ: 1, M. Hakimi Ismail, 15.54; 2, Ahmad Firdaus Salim, 14.70; 3, Ammar Fitri Zainol, 14.57; 4, Fazli Mustafa, 14.14;
(21) SP: 1, Adi Alifuddin Hussin, 16.63; 2, Mohd Hafiz Hashim, 13.96;
(20) DT: 1, Anizam Zakaria, 35.79; 2, Mohd Hafiz Hashim, 34.64; 3, Shahril Firdaus Basah, 34.40;
(20) HT: 1, Azman Mohamad, 44.62; 2, Abdul Halim Yatim, 43.12; 3, Mohd Nizam Zuki, 42.15; 4, Azly Zaina, 36.94;
(21) JT: 1, Mohd Bakri Hamid, 61.36; 2, Gerald Agan Ganang, 60.27; 3, Firdaus Jalak, 56.24; 4, Josmon Justin, 53.92;
(21) Deca: 1, Mohd Faizal Mustafa, 5978; 2, Anslem Sidau, 5902; 3, Franky Buan Butau, 5069; 4, Farizal Othman, 4575; 5, Lokman Yusuf, 4401;
(20) 10000W: 1, Theyagason Dhiban Raj, 48:00.09; 2, G. Umasuttan, 48:55.81;
(20) 4x100m: 1, TLDM (Navy) Team, 41.40; 2, TDM (Army) Team, 42.46;
(22) 4x400m: 1, TLDM (Navy) Team, 3:16.50; 2, TDM (Army) Team, 3:21.39;

WOMEN EVENTS
(22) 100m: 1, Nurul Sarah Abdul Kadir, 12.04; 2, Selvaratnam Komalam Shally, 12.14; 3, Norjannah Hafiiszah Jamaluddin, 12.20; 4, Yee Yi Ling, 12.24;
(21) 200m: 1, Nurul Sarah A.K, 24.95; 2, S. Komalam Shally, 25.49; 3, Norjannah H.J, 25.63; 4, Yee Yi Ling, 26.24; 5, Siti Fatima Mohamad, 26.33; 6, Siti Zubaidah Adabi, 26.34;
(20) 400m: 1, Kumarasamy Gatimanthi, 57.32; 2, Nor Hazwanie Norizan, 58.24; 3
(20) 800m: 1, K. Gantimanthi, 2:17.4; 2, Nik Norzulaili Nik Wil, 2:31.9;
(21) 1500m: 1, K. Gantimanthi, 4:50.26; 2, Nik Norzulaili N.W, 5:20.98;
(20) 5000m: 1, Melinder Kaur Ragbir Singh, 18:16.99; 2, Subramaniam Sangeetha, 21:47.30; 3, Nursyahidah Kamaruddin, 23:38.58; 4, Angela Kundang, 23:42.31;
(22) 10000m: 1, Melinder Kaur R.S, 38:48.5; 2, Angela Kundang, 42:23.7;
(21) 3000St: 1, Melinder Kaur R.S, 11:36.5; 2, Nursyahidah Kamaruddin, 14:00.3; 3, Angela Kundang, 14:10.0;
(20) 100mh: 1, Raja Norsheena Azhar, 14.28;
(21) 400mh: 1, Norhazwanie Norizan, 64.43;
(20) HJ: 1, Wong Boon Syian, 1.60;
(20) LJ: 1, Nurul Fatimatul Z.Awang, 5.89; 2, Ng Khai Lee, 5.61; 3, Norina Damnoen, 5.13;
(21) TJ: 1, Noor Amira Mohd Nafiah, 12.70; 2, Norina Damnoen, 11.58;
(20) SP: 1, Rahilah Othman, 13.59 (3rd MAS All-Time list); 2, Asrenny Asik, 12.77; 3, Nurul Ain Abd Rahim, 12.67;
(21) DT: 1, Yang Jeng Tzan, 46.07; 2, Asrenny Asik, 34.08; 3, Rahilah Othman, 31.01;
(21) HT: 1, Tan Song Hwa, 53.24; 2, Patria Pang Mei Chin, 39.53;
(20) JT: 1, Nazirah Che Mat, 41.35; 2, Nurul Huda Mohd Khir, 40.92; 3, Syuryani Sikembar, 40.77;
(21) Hepta: 1, Kee Siew Lian, 3801; 2, Amilia Hamid, 2769; 3, Farah Fetty Zaity, 2438;
(20) 10000W: 1, Norliana Mohd Rusni, 59:26.8; 2, Siti Hanisah Sharuddin, 64:47.6; 3, Norazilah Osman, 65:17.2;
(20) 4x100m: 1, TDM (Army) Team, 46.15; 2, TLDM (Navy) Team, 46.41;
(22) 4X400m: 1, TLDM (Navy) Team, 4:04.76;

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Asian Athletics Statistics - Season Leaders 2011 09 28

Asian Athletics season leaders for senior and junior (men and women) as at September 28, 2011. Thanks to my friend Heinrich Hubbeling of Germany (ATFS for Asian AA, IAAF) for the information. Enter the following links to download.

SENIOR LEADERS (Outdoor & Indoor)

JUNIOR LEADERS (Outdoor)

Femi Ogunode leads the men's sprint 100m (10.07) and 200m (20.30)

Naturalised Qatari from Nigeria Femi Seun Ogunode is the winner of double gold medal (200m & 400m) at Asian Games. His 200m time of 20.30 recorded in Diamond League at Doha in May remain the fastest time in Asia this year. On early July, the 5ft 6' sprinter recorded poor times at 100m (10.47) and 200m (20.91) in Kuala Lumpur. However he emerged as the Asian champion after winning the men's 200m a week later at the Asian championships in Kobe, clocking 20.41s (= meet record). And two weeks later he competed at the world military games and set a personal best as well as Asia lead at 100m (10.07), only short 0.08 to Asian record (9.99) held by teammate Samuel Francis.

Chisato Fukushima leads the women's 100m sprint (11.24) and 200m (23.12)

Asian games double gold medalist (100m, 200m) Chisato Fukushima is the leader for three events so far this year (100m, 200m, 4x100m). She won two gold medals at each of the last two Asian championships (2009, 2011) as well as the Asian Games in 2010. Interestingly the gold medals came from different events-Asian championships 2009 (100m 11.27, 4x100m 43.93), Asian Games (100m 11.33, 200m 23.62), Asian Championships 2011 (200m 23.49, 4x100m 44.05).

Note: there's correction of the files at Asian Athletics website, therefore the latest version of Asian Athletics Season Leader 2011 is only available from this website, as long as the others haven't updated.

# Photos by Associated Press

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Malaysia Track and Field - Results No 8, 2011

Malaysian Athletics Results No. 8, 2011
compiled by Jad Adrian (T&F statistician)
contact: info@adriansprints.com 


02-07 July, Kuching: Kejohanan Olahraga Terbuka Sarawak / State Championships
-delayed results, hand-timed performances and no wind reading reported-
Men
(02) 100m: 1, Hafizi Talib, 10.5; 2, Mohd Afif Zulhusmi, 10.6; 3, Alif Hussin Ahmad Kamal, 10.7; 4, Aurelius Lanting, 10.9;
(03) 200m: 1, Mohd Afif Zulhusmi, 22.0; 2, Hafizi Talib, 22.3; 3, Alif Hussin A. K, 22.6;
(02) 110mh: 1, Mohaswadie Mohamad, 15.0; 2, Anslem Sidau, 15.4; 3, Mohd Fazillah Khamis, 15.6;
(03) DT: 1, Teng Hou Ann, 35.42;
(03) HT: 1, Jackie Wong Siew Cheer, 55.12; 2, Wong Tee Kui, 43.05; 3, Michael Sia, 40.34; 4, Mohd Nizam Zuki, 38.30;
(02) JT: 1, Firdaus Jalak, 54.10; 2, Gerald Agan Ganang, 53.74; 3, Ho Ping Leong, 52.89; 4, Lau Sie Long, 52.78; 5, Peter Agan Lugun, 52.65;

Boys (16 years and under)
(02) 100m: 1, Dally Emong Charlie, 10.8;
(02) DT (w?): 1, Teng Hou Ann, 38.70; 2, Jackson Wong Cheun Young, 37.77;

Women
(02) 100m: 1, Norris Foo, 12.7;
(02) 100mh: Kee Siew Lian, 16.2;
(03) HJ: 1, Kee Siew Lian, 1.63;
(02) LJ: Kee Siew Lian,5.64;
(03) TJ: 1, Kee Siew Lian, 11.58;
(02) DT: 1, Lo Li Jun, 35.50;
(03) HT: 1, Casier Renee Kelly Lee, 45.73; 2, Shirley Ting Mee Yien, 38.29;
(02) JT: 1, Syuryani Sikembar, 35.93; 2, Foo Li Hui, 30.50;
(03) 10000w: 1, Nur Aisyah Ahmat, 1:08:02.44;

28 August, Pekin USA: Greater Peoria Half Marathon
HM men: 1, Woo Chan Yew, 1:11:26;

09-11 September, Douglas, Isle of Man: 4th Commonwealth Youth Games
-athletics competitions was held at the National Sports Centre, Douglas-
Boys
(09) 100m: 5h1, Harith Ammar Sobri, 11.28 +0.7;
(10) 100mh: 4, Mohd Alif Ashraf Mohd Razali, 14.06 +3.4 (& 3h1, 14.13 +5.3) ...
-note: final race was won by Van der Merwe Andries Chr of RSA in 13.32-

10 September, Waterloo USA: Park to Park Half Marathon
HM men: 9, Woo Chan Yew, 1:11:08;

10-11 September, Seremban: Negeri Sembilan Open
-all participants from MAS except some guests from SIN & ENG as noted-
-the time of men's 100m is obviously inaccurate (check out the video)-
results click here

20-22 September, Ipoh: 48th Armed Forces (ATM) Athletics Championships
-annual meeting for armed forces' athletes (army, navy & air force)-
-hand-timed for some events-
results click here

24 September, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Open Grand Prix
-international grand prix meeting with athletes from 10 countries-
results click here

24 September, Naumburg, Germany: Internationales Straßengehen 
-international road walking meet / German championships, with participants from over 20 countries-
20km/men: 14, Lo Choon Sieng, 1:42:03;
20km/women: 8, Norliana Mohd Rusni, 1:47:38;
note: improved on her PB by almost 4 minutes, also 3rd best performance at MAS All-Time rankings.

24 September, Marshalltown USA: 26th Oktemberfest 10km
10km men: 1, Woo Chan Yew, 32:41;

25 September, Taiping: 1st International Taiping Marathon
-an international event at Taiping, Perak with a total price money of Rm 120,000-
-women' marathon was cancelled due to "not enough participant"-
-all participants from Malaysia except as noted & following are the best results;

Men
Marathon: 1, Frederick Matiu, KEN, 2:20:01; 2, Peter Keiter, KEN, 2:20:04; 3, Michael Kasitit, KEN, 2:20:08; 4, David Kipkoech, KEN, 2:22:06; 5, Richard Chelimo, KEN, 2:29:24; 6, Ramadoss Muniandy, 2:50:28 (1st Malaysian); 7, K. Baskaran, 2:51:11; 8, Jasni Kahiril, 2:55:01;

Half Marathon: 1, Rajendran Venugopal, 1:21:18; 2, Nagaratnam Devandran, 1:23:58;

10km: 1, Ruburn Kumar, 35:09; 2, S. Tanakendiran, 37:27; 3, Peh Yong Heng, 37:45;

Women
Half Marathon: 1, Melinder Kaur, 1:28:26; 2, Susan Khoo, GBR, 1:36:53; 3, Ng Sun Nee, 1:38:02;

10km: 1, Noor Amelia Musa, 39:09; 2, K. Gantimanthi, 47:30;

25 September, Kuala Lumpur: Siemens 10km Run
-athletes from Malaysia except as noted-

Men open: 1, Alex Melly, KEN, 31:25; 2, Bor Samwel Kipkoech, KEN, 31:44; 3, Kipkorir Emmanuel Kipkoech, KEN, 32:06; 4, David Mutai, KEN, 32:27; 5, Muindi Onesmus Muasya, 32:40; 6, Shaharuddin Hashim, 36:01; 7, Muniandy Murali, 36:57; 8, Ramasamy Jaya Kumar, 37:00; 9, Ahmad Lamchannak, MOR, 37:23;

Men veteran: 1, Lautredoux Jean Pierre, FRA, 34:44; 2, Mark Williams, GBR, 35:50; 3, S. Genesan, 37:44;

Women open: 1, Jacquline Nyetipei Kiplimo, KEN, 36:11; 2, Samivellu Sheela, 40:52; 3, Annie Yee, 47:17;

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Malaysia Open Athletics Grand Prix 2011 - Results

Malaysia Open Grand Prix in Athletics - competition for elite athletes concluded today (24 September 2011) at the National Training Track, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. The single day meet was attended by strong athletes from several countries such as Chinese Taipei, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand. Below is the full results (athletes' nations are noted except from Malaysia);


MEN EVENTS
100 meters
Race 1 (-0.1); 1, B. R. A. Hasaranga, SRI, 10.60; 2, Yi Wei-Chen, TPE, 10.70; 3, Mohd Noor Imran Abdul Hadi, 10.72: 4, Tsai Meng-Lin, TPE, 10.77; 5, Sapwaturrahman, INA, 10.78; 6, Carlos Xavier Soriano, PHI, 11.08; 7, Ambrose Jilom, 11.15; 8, Joseph Yuan Weijie, SIN, 11.27;

Race 2 (+1.4); 1, Mohd Azhar Ismail, 10.74; 2, Mohd Zabidi Ghazali, 10.86; 3, Mohd Ikhwan Nor, 10.95; 4, 4, Zakaria Malik, INA, 11.05; 5, Huang Yuan-Wei, TPE, 11.06; 6, Mhd Latif Nyat, 11.17;

200 meters (nwi): 
1, Wang Wen-Ching, TPE, 21.32; 2, Liang Tse-Ching, TPE, 21.89; 3, Romnick Herida, PHI, 22.04; 4, Mohd Azhar Ismail, 22.04; 5, Mohd Ikhwan Nor, 22.20;

400 meters:
Race 1; 1, Subramaniam Kannathasan, 48.12; 2, Chen Chieh, TPE, 48.15; 3, Muhamad Yunus Lasaleh, 49.07; 4, Jesson Ramil Cid, PHI, 49.18; 5, Tan Wei Sheng Lance, SIN, 50.89;

Race 2; 1, Schzuan Ahmad Rosely, 49.17; 2, Murugiah Parthiban, 49.60; 3, Mohd Harmizi Arobi, 50.08; 4, Muhammad Zaki Sapari, SIN, 50.70; 5, Leung King Hung, HKG, 50.86; 6, Subramaniam Mathialagan, 51.00;

1500m:
1, P. H. Chamai, SRI, 3:46.93; 2, Ridwan, INA, 3:50.29; 3, Mohd Jironi Riduan, 3:50.99; 4, Abdul Haris, INA, 3:53.15; 5, Hung Yu-Choa, TPE, 3:56.50; 6, Wenlie Maulas, PHI, 4:01.51; 7, Nik Hafiz Nik Mohamad, 4:02.54; -, Mahendran Vadivellan, dnf;

5000m:
1, Christopher Ulboc, PHI, 15:21.25; 2, Nik Fakaruddin Ismail, 15:39.66; 3, Rajendran Venugopal, 15:44.14; 4, San Naing, MYA, 16:55.70;

High Jump:
1, Hsiang Chun-Hsien, TPE, 2.14; 2, Anpalagan Kavee Alagan, 2.10; 3, Subramaniam Navin Raj, 2.10; 4, Ahmad Najwan Aqra Hussaim, 2.05; 5, Mohd Azly Ghazali, 2.00; 6, Pramote Pumurai, THA, 2.00; 7, Torlarp Sudjanta, THA, 2.00; 8, Andrew Wilson, PHI, 1.95;

Pole Vault:
1, Mohd Fahme Zamzam Mohamad,4.60; 2, Tun Tun Lin, MYA, 4.30; 3, John Ezekiel Valera, PHI, 4.20; 4, Zakaria Malik, INA, 4.00;

Long Jump:
1, Benigno Marayag, PHI, 7.49; 2, Leonid Andreev, UZB, 7.45, 3, Lin Ching-Hsuan,TPE, 7.37; 4, Jen Chan Guo, 6.97; 5, Camillus David, 6.96;

Triple Jump:
1, Ruslan Kurbanov, UZB, 15.67; 2, Mohd Hakimi Ismail, 15.46; 3, Mohd Ammar Fitri Zainol, 14.08;

Shot Put:
1, Mohd Adi Alifuddin Hussin, 16.53; 2, Eliezer Sunang, PHI, 15.44; 3, Krisna Wahyu Permana, INA, 14.27; 4, Mohd Hafiz Hashim, 14.24; 5, Algerian Bugarin, PHI, 10.86;

Hammer Throw:
1, Sukhrob Khodjaev, UZB, 63.81; 2, Jackie Wong Siew Cheer, 54.48; 3, Yongjaros Kanju, THA, 53.97; 4, Azman Mohamad, 44.87; 5, Michael Sia, 42.12; 6, Joel Sta Mina, PHI, 35.85;

Javelin Throw:
1, Cheng Chao-Tsun, TPE, 67.47; 2, G. A. S. Maduranga Chandrasiri, SRI, 65.18; 3, Gerald Agan, 61.29; 4, Mohd Bakri Hamid, 59.56; 5, Zakaria Malik, INA, 48.50;

4x100m:
1, Chinese Taipei, 39.89; 2, Indonesia, 40.57; 3, Malaysia, 41.61; 4, Philippines, 41.80;

WOMEN EVENTS
100m:
Race 1 (0.0); 1, Guzel Khubbieva, UZB, 11.94 (Asian Champion); 2, Nurul Sarah Abdul Kadir, 12.20; 3, Zaidatul Husna Zulkifli, 12.29; 4, Norjannah Hafiszah Jamaluddin, 12.32; 5, Viena Mae Bardoane, PHI, 13.18;

Race 2 (+1.0); 1, Selvaratnam Komala Shally, 12.33; 2, Siti Zubaidah Adabi, 12.48; 3, Siti Fatimah Mohamad, 12.57; 4, Chan Ka Sin, HKG, 13.28;

200m (nwi):
1, Kay Khine Lwin, MYA, 24.63; 2, Nurul Sarah Abdul Kadir, 24.65; 3, Zaidatul Husna Zulkifli, 24.82; 4, S. Komala Shally, 25.37; 5, Jennyrose Roseles, PHI, 25.96; 6, Keizel Pedrina, PHI, 26.29;

400m hurdles: 
1, Natalya Asanova, UZB, 58.73; 2, Lo WIng Yee, HKG, 67.13; 3, Wong Pui Yee, 71.13;

1500m:
1, W. K. L. A. Nimali, SRI, 4:22.33; 2, Oliva Sadi, INA, 4:22.59; 3, Rini Budiarti, INA, 4:27.38; 4, Kumarasamy Gantimanthi, 4:37.39; 5, Aye Aye Than, MYA, 4:45.15; 6, Noor Amelia Musa, 4:46.34;

High Jump:
1, Noeng-ruthai Chaipech, THA, 1.80; 2, Narcisa Atienza, PHI, 1.73; 3, Wong Boon Syian, 1.70; 4, Norliyana Kamaruddin, 1.65; 5, Puteri Nor Liyana, 1.65; 6, Chu Chia Ling, TPE, 1.65; 7, Mahendran Shandiyani, 1.65;

Pole Vault: 
1, Ni Putu Desy Margawati, INA, 3.80; 2, Roslinda Samsu, 3.80; 3, Kathleen Ong, 3.70; 4, Reizel Buenaventure, PHI, 3.70;

Long Jump: 
1, Yuliya Tarasova, UZB,  6.52; 2, Nur Fatimatul Zaharah Awang, 5.93; 3, Kee Siew Lian, 5.56; 4, Luville Dato On, PHI, 5.52;

Triple Jump: 
1, Anastasiya Juravieva, UZB, 13.76;  2, Valeriy Kanatova, UZB, 13.75; 3, Aleksandra Kotlyarova, UZB, 13.52; 4, Noor Amira Mohamad Nafiah, 13.12;

Discus Throw:
1, Li Wen-Hua, TPE, 54.71; 2, Subenrat Insaeng, THA, 52.15; 3, Wan Lay Chi, SIN, 45.80; 4, Yap Jeng Tzan, 45.70;

Hammer Throw:
1, Tan Song Hwa, 54.76; 2, Loralie Sermona, PHI, 47.33; 3, Casier Renee Kelly Lee, 44.13; 4, Noraida Syuhada Nordin, 37.40;

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2011 Vietnam National Athletics Championships

The 2011 edition of Vietnamese National Championships in Athletics concluded in Thong That stadium at Ho Chi Minh city after three pack-action days, on September 09, 12 and 13. At least five national records and three national junior records were set at the meet, with new 2011 Southeast Asian best performances achieved in nine events !!. The records were from the following events;

National Records
1) Men's 110m Hurdles: Vo Vun Hung, 14.28s (12/09/2011).
2) Men's Pole Vault: Nguyen Van Hue, 4.80m (12/09/2011).
3) Men's 4x200m: Army Team - Truong Van Lam, Le Van Ba, Bui Huy Hieu, Nguyen Van Quang, 1:25.81s (09/09/2011).
4) Women's Pole Vault: Le Thi Phuong, 4.15m (13/09/2011).
5) Women's Heptathlon / equaled NR: Duong Thi Viet Anh, 5350pts (12-13, 09.2011)
(15.07 - 1.90 - 10.68 - 25.98 - 6.03 - 38.40 - 2:42.68)

National Junior Records
1) Men's 1500m: Duong Van Thai, 3:54.44s (13/09/2011)
2) Men's Pole Vault: Lee Hong Huu, 4.60m (12/09/2011)
3) Women's Long Jump: Bui Thi Thu Thao, 6.12m (12/09/2011)

Southeast Asia Leaders from Vietnam (as at Sept 20)

Truong Thanh Hang at Asian Champs, Kobe 2011

Top Vietnamese runner Truong Thanh Hang wins the 800m easily in a time of 2:04.81s on Sept. 12. A day later, the newly-crowned Asian 800m champion took another gold at 1500m, clocking  4:17.49s in a "solo run" by over 16 seconds. Thanh Hang, the "single" candidate of two Gold medals (800-1500) or if not three (from 4x400m) at SEA Games 2011, and the following who achieved the best performances so far in SEA in their respective events, will be hunting for the gold medals for Vietnam Team at the SEA Games, Palembang, Indonesia in November:-

1) Men's 400m Hurdles: Vu Van Tinh, 51.68s, with Dao Xuan Cuong very close in 51.69s.
2) Men's Triple Jump: Nguyen Van Hung, 16.30m.
3) Men's Decathlon: Vu Van Huyen, 7263pts (PB 7755pts - no doubt, already " the winner" of 2011 SEA Games) 
4) Women's 200m: Nguyen Thi Thuy, 24.04s, along with Le Ngoc Phuong (24.17s) and Vu Thi Huong (24.29s  previous leader) to fill the TOP 3 Southeast Asia at the moment.
5) Women's 400m: Nguyen Thi Thuy, 53.80s.
6) Women's Pole Vault: -see NR-
7) Women's Triple Jump: Tran Hue Hoa, 13.57m.
8) Women's 20km Walk: Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc, 1:41:41s.
9) Women's 4x400m: Hanoi Team, 3:45:45s.

-existing sea leaders-
9) Men's High Jump: Dao Van Thuy, 2.13m.
10) Women's 3000m St: Nguyen Thi Phuong, 10:14.94s.
11) Women's Marathon: Pham Thi Binh, 2:53:09s.

So, 13 Gold medals will be owned by Vietnam, a country with 90 millions population  in SEA Games??


# -Thanks to Heinrich Hubbeling (IAAF statistician) for information-

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Yohan Blake 200m 19.26s Video, Walter Dix 19.53s - Brussels Diamond League 2011

Yohan Blake might be the newly crowned world 100m champion in 9.92, but he just missed the 200m world record of 19.19s as he runs a stunning time of 19.26s (+0.7) at the Diamond League meet in Brussels (16 September 2011).

There is a big jump in his timing. It was a great improvement of more than half of a second (0.52s) of his previous best 19.78s he set last year in Monaco (Memorial Van Damme).

Black has pocketed USD 40,000 but a bit surprised with his timing.

He watched Usain Bolt winning the 100m in 9.77s right before his 200m race and was excited to run fast.

He now moved into the second-fastest time ever.

Achieving such impressive performance would certainly surprise most people in athletics, the fans, junkies, even among the coaches, statisticians, and athletes themselves.

Nobody would ever think an athlete world run as fast as 19.26s after winning the World championships.

If you use a simple way to predict the 200m time (from 100m time), this Usain Bolt's training partner (under coach Glen Mills) would have the potential to run the 200m in 19.4 to 19.8 (he ran "9.82s at Zurich" x 2 = 19.64 (plus .20 = 19.84 / minors .20 = 19.44).

Based on this, he would just be clocking around 19.44 to 19.84 range.

I would love to see the split times of Yohan Blake as he looked that powerful during the last 50m.

I thought he would be beaten in the final 50m by Walter Dix the 200m specialist.

Dix finished in second in a highly respected time of 19.53s. If you had a sprint profile as Dix, and somebody had "knocked you down" as what happened in this Diamond League, that performance is "very big."

Dix had been one of the most consistent sprinters in both the 100m and 200m, especially in regards to the Worlds and Olympics. Dix had a PB of 19.69s prior to the meet.

Walter Dix is now faster than Tyson Gay (19.58), Xavier Carter (19.65), Wallace Spearmon (19.65) and Frank Fredericks (19.68).

Nickel Ashmeade was in third in 19.91s, also a new PB.

Yohan Blake would have broken the 200m World record?

Within a limited resource, I have briefly analyzed his 200m race. Here are my takes:

• The most reasonable time is about ~19.16 - primarily comes from his start!
• But he can potentially run faster, maybe a sub-19.10 after considering a maximum wind-advantage.
• These two only applies in Brusells, on the same running track. I will tell you why. 
• His reaction time (+0.269) was not only the slowest among the finalists but is slower than what you would see among the high school athletes. Fast or reasonable reaction time would be around 0.15s for 200m. By only using this, Usain Bold's world record (19.19s) would have gone by at least 0.03s. 
• His second 100m was phenomenal. He covered the home-straight in 9.1+ seconds, faster than Bolt's 9.27 (1st 100m: 9.92s) when he broke the world record.
• The wide curve. Brussels has a curve/straight ratio of approximately 125/75 meters, almost 10m more/less than the standard track. It means that the curve is wider and makes it "easier" for sprinting than the normal curve. 
• Wind advantage. Bolt's 19.19 was against a wind of -0.3. It means a 0.01-0.02 disadvantage. Blake's 19.26 was under a slight tailwind of +0.7, thus gaining a quicker timing of between 0.03-0.04 during his race. Under 0.0 wind, Bolt would run even faster, but not the case (opposite) for Blake. Given a +2.0 m/s wind, Blake would get faster by another 0.07-0.08.
• Perhaps, the timing of 19.26s was 'not legitimate', or in other words resulted from erroneous. There might be some technical problems associated with the timing system (malfunction?), only the governing body can confirm this.
• It could be as well as a result of faulty in wind reading. One of the great performances in the past comes to mind. Florence Griffith's 10.49 at 0.0 m/s or zero wind was reported - despite the apparent waving motions of the flags.

Video of Yohan Blake 19.26s PB, Walter Dix 19.53s PB, Nikel Ashmeade 19.91s PB

RESULTS OF 200M MEN FINAL (W: +0.7)
#	Name of Athlete	Nat	Time	Remarks	React. T.
1	YOHAN BLAKE	JAM	19.26	WL, MR	0.269
2	WALTER DIX	USA	19.53	PB	0.185
3	NICKEL ASHMEADE	JAM	19.91	PB	0.147
4	JAYASUMA SAIDE-NDURE	NOR	19.97		0.198
5	RONDELL SORRILLO	TRI	20.41		0.152
6	AINSLEY WAUGH	JAM	20.57		0.175
7	JONATHAN ASTRAND	FIN	20.73		0.159
8	RYTIS SAALAUSKAS	LTU	20.74	NR	0.180
--	MARIO FORSYTHE	JAM	DNF
Courtesy of AdrianSprints.com

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