Usain Bolt Cruises 9.84 to Beat Asafa Powell, David Oliver U.S Record 12.89 110mh at Paris Diamond League Meeting

Three-times Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt posted his second fastest time this year in blue riband event on the super-fast track at the Stade de France during the IAAF Paris Diamond League meeting on Friday (July 16).

Bolt clocked 9.84 to win the the race ahead of fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell who recorded a not bad 9.91. Bolt's training partner, Yohan Blake timed 9.95, completed the podium winning for Jamaica.

Shared the fastest time as at now, Bolt and Powell met for the first time this season but Bolt is now unbeaten for 14 consecutive finals of 100m.

Meanwhile,  David Oliver posted a new American record in the 110mh by clocking 12.89, eclipsed Dominique Arnold's record by one hundredth of a second as well as the third fastest time of all time, behind Dayron Robles (12.87 WR) and Liu Xiang (12.88).

Under perfect conditions, Oliver enjoyed a strong start and pulled away, beating fellow Americans Ryan Wilson, who finished second in 13.12, and Ronnie Ashe, who was third in 13.21.

Results:
Men's 100m (Wind: -0.3)
1, Usain Bolt, JAM, 9.84 MR (0.170)
2, Asafa Powell, JAM, 9.91 (0.154)
3, Yohan Blake, JAM, 9.95 PB (0.184)
4, Daniel Bailey, ANT, 10.00 (0.194)
5, Christophe, Lemaitre, FRA, 10.09 (0.171)
6, Martina Churandy, AHO, 10.09 (0.173)
7, Trell Kimmons, USA, 10.14 (0.167)
8, Martial Mbandjock, FRA, 10.20 (0.164)

Men's 110mh (Wind: +0.5)
1, David Oliver, USA, 12.89 (0.161)
2, Ryan Wilson, USA, 13.12 (0.165)
3, Ronnie Ashie, USA, 13.21 (0.163)
4, Joel Brown, USA, 13.25 (0.204)
5, Dwight Thomas, JAM, 13.30 (0.139)
6, Andrew Turner, GNR, 13.37 (0.141)
7, Dimitri Bascou, FRA, 13.45 (0.158)
8, John Yarbrough, USA, 13.57 (0.156)
9, Bano Traore, FRA, 13.61 (0.141)

Men's 100m Video:

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2ND ASEAN SCHOOL GAMES 2010: Athletics Results Day 2

                                                       Athletics Results – Day 2

5000m Boy’s Walking Final

1, Nguyen Thanh, VIE, 22:26.80 MR. 2, Khairil Harith, MAS, 22:57.90 SMR. 3, Hakmal Lisauda, INA, 24:01.34. 4, Nguyen Luong, VIE, 28:54.19.

Discus Boy’s Final

1, The Qun You, SIN, 49.29. 2, Santi Kongtung, THA, 46.85. 3, Panyawut Bumtoong, THA, 45.85. 4, Toni Haryadi, INA, 42.91. 5, Thanh Nhan, VIE, 38.86. 6, Alif Hanif, MAS, 36.94.

400M Girl’s Semifinal

Heat 1

1, Pornpan Hoemnuk, THA, 58.93. 2, Nining Souhaly, INA, 59.96. 3, Tran Thu Sang, VIE, 60.82. 4, Nur Farahana, MAS, 60.99. 5, Jenny Rosales, PHI, 62.21. 6, Charmaine Min, SIN, 62.87.

Heat 2

1, Sunisa Pedbanna, THA, 57.00 MR. 2, Nguyen Huyen, VIE, 57.16. 3, Nurulassikin Rasid, MAS, 57.68. 4, Veronika, INA, 61.76. 5, Lee Noelle, SIN, 63.87. 6, Rozymacynthia, BRU, 69.21.

400M Boy’s Semifinals

Heat 1

1, Nitipol Thongpoon, THA, 48.70 MR. 2, Fairol Nizam, MAS, 49.55. 3, Seow Yang, SIN, 50.09. 4, Epang Nofi, INA, 50.62. 5, Nguyen Tuong, VIE, 51.74.

Heat 2

1, Arnon Jaiaree, THA, 49.12. 2, Amir Fakhri, MAS, 49.21. 3, Ravinash, SIN, 50.45. 4, Nguyen Thanh, VIE, 51.80.

Javelin Throw Girl's Final

1, Saowalak Pettong, THA, 42.57 MR. 2, Stephanie Cimatu, PHI, 42.34 SMR. 3, Lo Thi Phien, VIE, 39.89. 4, Marina Abjan, INA, 38.38. 5, Nur Fatin, MAS, 37.73. 6, Lenis Chien, SIN, 30.66. 7, Maika Oro, PHI, 16.08.

Long Jump Girl’s Final

1, Shahidatun Nadia, MAS, 5.86 MR. 2, Luu Thi Hiep, VIE, 5.64. 3, Nguyen Tuoi, VIE, 5.59. 4, Jamjuree, THA, 5.46. 5, Fitria Indah, INA, 5.39. 6, Sinah Muslimah, SIN, 4.93. 7, Alyssa Marie, PHI, 4.83. 8, Nicole Ning, SIN, 4.59.

High Jump Boys Final

1, Nauraj Singh Radhawa, MAS, 2.13 MR. 2, Navin Raj Subramaniam, MAS, 2.06. 3, Tran Thanh Binh, VIE, 2.02. 4, Wasin Kuehthanasacula, THA, 1.95. 5, Lim Samuel, SIN, 1.90

110MH Boys Final (Wind: -0.4)

1, Muhd Ajmal Laiman, MAS14.11 MR. 2, Nichanon Pongpimay, THA, 14.25 SMR. 3, Toh Renjie Sean, THA 14.97. 4, Hamdan Maasi, INA, 15.17. 5, Kuspritantoro, INA, 16.72.

400M Girl’s Final

1, Nguyen Thi Huyen, 56.38 MR. 2, Pornpan Hoemhuk, THA, 57.10. 3, Sunisa Pedbanna, THA, 57.21. 4, Nurulassikin, MAS, 59.19. 5, Nur Farahana, MAS, 60.28. 6, Nining Souhaly, INA, 60.86. 7,Veronika, INA, 61.47. 8, Tran Sang, VIE, 61.70.

400M Boy’s Final

1, Amir Fakhri Ismail, MAS, 47.90 MR. 2, Arnon Jaiaree, THA, 47.99 SMR. 3, Nitipol Thongpoon, THA, 48.16 SMR. 4, Fairol Nazim, MAS, 49.56. 5, Ravinash, SIN, 49.90. 6, Seow Yeong Yang, SIN, 50.14. 7, Epang Nofi, INA, 50.87. 8, Nguyen Tuong, VIE, 52.35.

4x100M Girl’s Final

1, THAILAND, 46.70. 2, MALAYSIA, 47.56. 3, INDONESIA, 49.01. 4, VIETNAM, 49.86. 5, SINGAPORE, 50.64.

4x100M Boy’s Final

1, MALAYSIA, 41.35. 2, THAILAND, 41.44. 3, INDONESIA, 42.26. 4, SINGAPORE, 42.50.

1500M Girl’s Final
1, Afriana Paijo, INA, 4:46.77 MR. 2, Nguyen Tram, VIE, 4:47.25 SMR. 3, Nguyen Trang, VIE, 4:48.97 SMR. 4, Kitsana Toentuan, THA, 4:55.42 SMR. 5, Ranjitha Raja, SIN, 4:57.62. 6, Mok Rong, SIN, 5:28.50.

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ASEAN SCHOOL GAMES 2010: Malaysia Wins 4x100m relay, Amir Fakhri 47.90, Ajmal Aiman 14.12.

A huge numbers of gold harvested on the second day of the 2nd ASEAN School Games by the Malaysian contingent.

Malaysian quartet of Schzuan Rosli (PB 10.78), Amir Fakhri (PB 21.64), Hisyam Alias (PB 10.79) and Ambrose Jilom (PB 10.71) wins the boy’s 4x100m by clocking 41.35, ends the Thailand’s long dominion and could only satisfied for silver in 41.44. Indonesia finished third with a time of 42.26.

Malaysian Games champion, Amir Fakhri excels the half-mile event by recording a new personal best time of 47.90s for gold. He also lowered the old meet record by a big 0.8 second. Silver and bronze went to Thais Arnon Jaiaree (47.99) and Nitipol Thongpoon (48.16)

Ajmal Aiman posted a promising run to win the boy’s 110mh. Ajmal clocked a new meet record of 14.12, beating Thailand’s Nichanon Pongpimai (14.25) and Singapore’s Toe Renjie Sean (14.97).

In the girl’s long jump, Norshahidatun recorded a new meet record 5.86m to win gold medal. Vietnam’s Luu Tie Heap leapt 5.64m for silver while her teammate Nguyen Thi Tuoi bronze in 5.59.

Malaysian Games champion, Nauraj Singh cleared 2.13 in the boy’s high jump to win gold, well 18cm above of the old meet record. Teammate Navin Raj took a surprise silver (2.06), ahead of Vietnam’s Tran Thanh Binh (2.02).

11 gold medals were offered from the second day. Five gold medals went to Malaysia, only two won by Vietnam, and one for Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand respectively. Full results are available on my next report.

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2ND ASEAN School Games, Kuala Lumpur 2010: Athletics Results Day 1

ATHLETICS DAY 1  (15.07.2010)

3000M Girls Final
1, Nguyen Thi Bich Tram, VIE, 10:14.13 MR. 2, Afriana Paijo, INA, 10:15.56 SMR. 3, Kitsana Toentuan, THA, 10:33.43 SMR. 4, Vu Thi Kim Anh, VIE, 10:53.28. 5, Mok Ying Rong, SIN, 11:23.92. 6, Nur Aisyah, MAS, 11:33.22.

Long Jump Boys Final
1, Noval, INA, 7.29, 0.0. 2, Ambrose Jilom, MAS, 7.03, 0.5. 3, Natthakorn, THA, 7.00, 0.0. 4, Syazwan Zakaria, MAS, 6.50, 0.4. 5, Satria, INA, 6.44, 0.4. 6, Nattapong, THA, 6.31, 1.5. 7, Gerald, PHI, 6.31, 0.5. 8, Arvin Gomez, PHI, 5.57, 0.5.

Discus Throw Girls Final
1, Subenrat Insaeng, THA, 42.43 MR. 2, Zhi Xuan, SIN, 35.18. 3, Sawitri Thongchao, THA, 34.37. 4, Nguyen Thanh, VIE, 33.89. 5, Hannah Lee, SIN, 32.51. 6, Eki Febri, INA, 28.72. 7, Thi Phien, VIE, 27.88. 8, Petrice Lee, BRU, 26.63. 9, Maika Oro, PHI, 22.31.

100M Girls Semifinal
Heat 1 W: -1.9
Phensri, Chairoek, THA, 12.64. 2, Chiew Hui Lian, MAS, 12.68. 3, Hasumi, INA, 12.67. 4, Habibah Ahmad, SIN, 13.41. 5, Jenny Rose, PHI, 13.75. 6, Nur Afiqah, BRU, 13.92.

Heat 2 W: -1.4
1, Pimpika Kannikom, THA, 12.35 MR. 2, Siti Nurhayati, MAS, 12.46. 3, Fitria Indah, INA, 12.80. 4, Ruelia, SIN, 12.97. 5, Alyssa Andrade, PHI, 14.05.

100M Boy's Semifinal
Heat 1 Wind: 0.8
1, Harith Ammar, MAS, 11.24. 2, Pongsakorn, THA, 11.24. 3, Noval, INA, 11.30. 4, Shahrir Anuar, SIN, 11.39. 5, Gerald Mark, PHI, 12.05.

Heat 2 Wind: -1.3
1, Ambrose Jilom, MAS, 10.99. 2, Yuttana Rittiron, THA, 11.19. 3, Vivekanand Gopal, SIN, 11.40. 4, Riski Pratama, INA, 11.42.

Shot Put Boys Final
1, Panyawut Bumroong, THA, 17.03 MR. 2, Alif Hanif, MAS, 16.89. 3, Tan Zhi Hao, SIN 14.92. 4, Cai Jiashen, SIN, 14.75. 5, Rama Wijaya, INA, 14.41. 6, Thanh Nhan, VIE, 14.16. 7, Boonkong Sanepoot, THA, 13.70.

High Jump Girls Final
1, Arpaporn Kanti, THA, 1.64. 2, Shandyiani Mahendran, MAS, 1.64. 3, Vo Thi Hoa, VIE, 1.64. 4, Luu Thi Hiep, VIE, 1.60. 5, Carren Teo, SIN, 1.55. 6, Hani Puspita, INA, 1.50.

400MH Boys Final
1, Mohd Baihaqi Razlan, MAS, 52.95 MR. 2, Firdaus Mazalan, MAS, 53.11 SMR. 3, Sittichai Srisa, THA, 54.45 SMR. 4, Hamdan Maasi, INA, 54.49 SMR. 5, Khuat Duy, VIE, 55.94 SMR. 6, Timothee Yap, SIN, 59.34. 7, Brandon Wei, SIN, 61.98.

400MH Girls Final
1, Le Binh Dinh, VIE, 63.07 MR. 2, Chadaporn Panchuai, THA, 64.26. 3, Aini Nurazirah, MAS, 64.55. 4, Nathasya Sarah, INA, 69.21. 5, Abriiela Iriana, INA, 70.09. 6, Maziah Mahusin, BRU, 72.49.

100M Girls Final (Wind: 1.0)
1, Pimpika Kannikom, THA, 11.90 MR. 2, Siti Nurhayati, MAS, 12.21 SMR. 3, Phensri Chairoek, THA, 12.30. 4, Chiew Hui Lian, MAS, 12.52. 5, Fitria Indah, INA, 12.62. 6, Hasumi, INA, 12.73. 7, Ruelia, SIN, 12.91. 8, Habibah Ahmad, SIN, 13.03.

100M Boys Final (Wind: 0.0)
1, Ambrose Jilom, MAS, 10.77 MR. 2, Pongsakorn Sopakorn, THA, 10.85. 3, Yuttana Rittiron, THA, 10.94. 4, Shahrir Anuar, SIN, 11.10. 5, Noval, INA, 11.10. 6, Vivekanand, SIN, 11.21. 7, Riski Pratama, INA, 11.22. Harith Ammar, MAS, DNS.

800M Boys Final
1, Duong Van Thai, VIE, 1:53.72 MR. 2, Ngo Dang Thanh, VIE, 1:55.38. 3, Endrro Kusworo, INA, 1:55.53. 4, Kesavan Maniam, MAS, 1:56.07. 5, Zachary Devaraj, SIN, 1:56.27. 6, Diker Ariandas, INA, 1:57.43. 7, Bunchu, THA, 1:58.32. 8, Joan Caido, PHI, 2:07.67.

5000M Boys Final
1, William Lokolo, INA, 15:54.19 MR. 2, Somvichai Koomkrongchok, THA, 15:57.93 SMR. 3, Nguyen Thanh Lap, VIE, 16:38.58. 4, Goh Kevin, SIN, 17:08.35.

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ASEAN SCHOOL GAMES 2010: Ambrose Crowned Sprint King, Baihaqi Eclipsed GR Four Seconds

Ambrose Jilom becomes the fastest man of the Asean Schools Games (ASG) by winning the blue riband event at the National Sports Council Training Centre in Bukit Jalil on Thursday.

Ambrose who trained by the two-times Olympian Watson Nyambek clocked a time of 10.77, a new games record and defeated Thailand's Pongsakorn Sopakorn (10.85) and Yuttana Rittiron (10.94).

He however could only manage silver in the long jump after a 7.03m effort. Noval of Indonesia won in a distance of 7.29, while bronze went to Thais Natthaorn with 7.00.

Meanwhile, Nurhayati Zulkifli claimed silver in the 100m girls in 12.21. Pimpikom Kannikom of Thailand won gold with a time of 11.90 with her teammate Phensri Chairoek bagged bronze in 12.30.

Malaysia missed gold from the girl’s after a countback where three athletes have jumped 1.64m. The gold medal awarded to Thailand’s Arpaporn Kanti while Malaysia’s M.Shandiyani and Vietnam’s Vo Thi Hoa settled for silver and bronze respectively.

Another Gold won by Malaysia at the first day was from the 400mh boys. Despite suffered a cough, Mohd Baihaqi Razlan clocked 52.95 bettered his best time by four hundredths of a second and eclipsed the games record by more than four second!

A total of nine games records were set today in the women's 3,000m, discus, 100m, 400m hurdles and men's 100m, shot put, 400m hurdles, 800m and 5,000m. Malaysia claimed two golds, five silvers and a bronze.

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