Nesta Carter set an amazing 9.86, 3rd Fastest in Jamaica, 10th Fastest of All-Time

Nesta Carter became the third fastest in Jamaica after Usain Bolt (9.58) and Asafa Powell (9.72) after recorded a personal best time of 9.86 at Luzern, Switzerland on August 08, 2010.

Olympic double-Bronze medalist Walter Dix of USA was second in 9.88, also a new personal best. Third place went to Dix's teammate J-Mee Samuels in 10.03.

Carter, the 4x100m Olympic Gold medalist is a training partner of a former world record holder Asafa Powell and world championship medalist Michael Frater, trained under watchful eye of coach Stefan Francis at the MVP athletics club based in Kingston Jamaica.

Carter's time is the fourth fastest time this year behind the world leading time of 9.82 set by Powell and Bolt and the recent Tyson Gay’s 9.84 in Sweden.

On the all-time lists, Carter moved to the 10th fastest of all time, and matched the likes Carl Lewis, Frank Frederick, Ato Boldon and Francis Obikwelu's performances while Dix on the 17th fastest together with Shwn Crawford.

Results: (Wind: +1.0)

1, Carter Nesta JAM 9.86
2, Walter Dix USA 9.88
3, J-Mee Samuels USA 10.03
4, Mike Rodgers USA 10.09
5, Travis Padgett 10.27
6, Youssef Meite10.30
7, Malcolm Fongue SUI 10.50

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1st Malaysian Grand Prix Athletics Meet 2010, First Leg Results

The inaugural Malaysian Grand Prix Athletics Meet was held at the National Sports Council Training Track in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur yesterday at August 08, 2010.

The half-day meet featured the top rank athletes in the country from 14 selected events for both male and female.

Mohd Nor Imran recorded a time of 10.87 to win the men’s 100m race, however some way off his personal best 10.46 he set three week ago at the 5th Singapore All Comers meet.

In the men's long jump, national athlete's Syahrul Amri of Kedah leaped 7.33 to beat Selangor's Jen Chan Guo and Kelantan's rising star Syahrul Faiz.

Meanwhile, Terengganu shot putter Adi Alifuddin Hussin who broke the NR recently at Ried, Austria in a distance of 17.38m, however only managed to throw a modest 16.07m.

In the women’s section, Melinder Kaur, a steeplechaser has no problem to beat the other two competitors (only) in the 1500m, she cloked 4:50.79s.

The next Grand Prixs will be held at September 18, and followed by the last one in October. Results are as follows:

MEN EVENTS

100m
1, Mohd Nor Imran Hadi, 10.87. 2, Mohd Ikhwan, 10.91. 3, Zabidi Ahmad, 11.04.

400m
1, K.Subramaniam, 50.14. 2, Iswadi Sluhi, 50.59.

110m Hurdles
1, Nor Azizi Ariffin, 14.73. 2, Mohd Rohaizat Jamil, 14.77. 3, Mohaswadi Mohd, 14.94.

800m
1, M.Parthiban, 1:56.98. 2, M.Unthumaran, 2:02.09. 3, M.Sathi, 2:03.07.

High Jump
1, S.Navinraj, 2.08. 2, Low Kah Loon, 1.93. 3, Mohd Firdaus Anuar, 1.90.

Long Jump
1, Mohd Syahrul Amri, 7.33. 2, Jen Chan Guo, 7.28. 3, Syahrul Faiz, 7.19.

Shot Put
1, Adi Alifuddin, 16.07. 2, Hafis Hashim, 14.92. 3, Mohd Khairul Anuar, 11.73.

Hammer Throw
1, Azman Mohd, 49.75. 2, Abd Halim Yatim 41.79. 3, Md Syafiq Hassan, 37.42.

WOMEN EVENTS

200m
1, Nurul Sarah Abdul Kadir, 25.05. 2, Yee Yi Ling, 25.43. 3, Komala Shally, 25.67.

100m Hurdles
1, Aini Nurazira, 15.36. 2, Jacklyn Diana, 15.98.

1500m
1, Melinder Kaur, 4:50.79. 2, Nor Amelia Musa, 4:52.36. 3, Angela Kundang, 6:00.90.

Shot Put
1, Siti Nurulain Rahim, 13.26. 2, Asreeny Asik, 13.19.

Triple Jump
1, Nor Amira Nafiah, 12.67. 2, Noraina Damieon, 11.87. 3, Razima Syakin, 11.03.

High Jump
1, Wong Boon Syian, 1.71. 2, M.Shandyani, 1.60. 3, Nur Izati Akmal, 1.50.

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79th Penang Open Track and Field Championship 2010, Full Results

The 79th Penang Open Track and Field Championship was held at the University of Science Malaysia (USM) stadium on July 17-18, 2010. This is a yearly championship organized by the Penang Amateur Athletics Association (POA Penang).

A total of 30 teams mostly based in Penang has competed onto four categories, Open (Senior) and Under-17 (Junior) for male and female's events.

SMK Tun Hussien Onn emerged as the overall champion with a haul of 16G-6S-7B. Tentera Darat team won 8G-6S-6B to finish runners-up while PFRM team on the third spot with 6G-5S-6B. Results are as follows:

Men's 100m Final
1, Mohd Azhar Ismail, 10.5. 2, Farith Iskandar, 10.9. 3, Amirul, 11.2.

Boy's 100m Final
1, Muhammed Fahmi Mesalan, 10.9. 2, Khor Peng Yi, 11.0.

Men's 200m Final
1, Mohd Firdaus Fadil, 22.1. 2, Farith Iskandar, 22.2. 3, Amirul, 23.1.

Boy's 200m Final
1, Muhammed Fahmi Mesalan, 22.5.

Men's 400m Final
1, Yuvaaraj Selvam, 48.2. 2, Mohd. Firdaus Fadil, 51.0. 3, Mohd Harmizi, 52.6.

Men's 800m Final
1, M. Parthiban, 1.56.7.

Men's Long Jump Final
1, Shahrul Amri, 7.08. 2, Pang Li Chong, 6.83.

Boy's Long Jump Final
1, Muhammed Fahmi Mesalan, 6.80. 2, Khor Tze Khim, 6.51.

Women's 100m Final
1, Ng Khai Lee, 12.4. 2, Nurhumairah Hashim, 12.8.

Girl's 100m Final
1, Lee Jia Qin, 12.6. 2, Gan Cheng Er, 12.8.

Women's Shot Put Final
1, Asreeny Asiy, 12.93.

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71st Selangor Open Track and Field Championship 2010, Full Results

The 71st Selangor Open Track and Field championship was held at last weekend, July 31-Aug 01, 2010 at the National Sports Council’s training centre in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. More than 200 athletes from the whole country and some others from the HPTC training centre were taking part. Below are some results from the sprint events:

Men’s 100m Final
1, Hisyam Alias, 11.00. 2, Idris Zakaria, 11.14. 3, Cyrus Krishnan, 11.15. 4, Zabidi Ahmad, 11.17. 5, Nazmizan, 11.24.

Women’s 100m Final
1, Zaidatul Husna, 12.20. 2, Siti Fatimah, 12.21. 3, Siti Fairuz, 12.99.

Men’s 200m Final
1, Mohd Ikhwan, 21.83. 2, Noor Imran, 21.84. 3, Hisyam Alias, 22.33. 4, Idris Zakaria, 22.64. 5, Kanna Thasan, 22.81.

Men’s 400m Final
1, Zaiful Z. Abidin, 48.03 MR. 2, Amean Raj, 49.22. 3, Mohamad Harmizi, 49.76.

Women’s 400m Final
1, Nurul Faezah Asma, 59.65. 2, Surul Syafiqa, 62.94. 3, Manisha, 64.83.

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Tyson Gay Cruises to 9.84s to Beat Usain Bolt in Stockholm, Video

Tyson Gay claimed his first 100m win over Usain Bolt, during the DN Galan meeting, at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm.

The American was quicker than Bolt out of the blocks, and pulling away from the field to win the race in a time of 9.84. Usain Bolt, the world record holder in the 100m/9.58 and 200m/19.19 finished just one metre behind, clocking 9.97.

Tyson Gay, who won multiple gold medals at the 2007 World championships (100/9.84 , 200/19.76) is currently behind Bolt and Powell's world leading time (9.82), despite setting a new meeting record. Olympic silver medallist, Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago was third in 10.10 in the race.

Asafa Powell, who was the last man to beat Bolt over 100m, two years ago right at the same venue, pulled out from the race due to back injury.

Recently recorded 44.89 in the 400m, recorded 10.02 in the second heat earlier, while Bolt, in the first heat, defeated Richard Thompson barely on the line, both were clocking at 10.10.

Men's 100m Final Results (Wind: 0.0)
1 GAY, Tyson USA 9.84 MR
2 BOLT, Usain JAM 9.97
3 THOMPSON, Richard TRI 10.10
4 KIMMONS, Trell USA 10.11
5 FORSYTHE, Mario JAM 10.20
6 RODGERS, Michael USA 10.21
7 PADGETT, Travis USA 10.22
8 EDWARDS, Rae USA 10.29

Men's 100m Video

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MOHD MOOR IMRAN ABDUL HADI

Nationality: Malaysia
Event: Sprints (100m, 200m)
Born: 31 May 1985
Height: 5-9.5
Weight: 68

Personal Best: 
100m 10.40 +1.5 1r2 (Sliven 2.07.2011)
200m 21.36 +0.2 1r4 (Plovdiv 9.07.2011)

Major Meets:
World Championships- Daegu 2011
Universiade- Shenzhen 2011
SEA Games- Nakhon Ratchasima 2007, Vientiane 2009

Career Highlights:
2011: His recent performance at 100m (10.40s) has made him the 3rd fastest in Malaysian All-Time lists... Competed at the Universiade in Shenzhen at 100m and 200m and qualified to quarterfinals for both events, recording 10.58 (100m QF) and 21.59 (200m QF). ...He advanced to the first round of 100m (10.75) at the IAAF World championships after winning the preliminary round, 10.77s.

2009: Took part two events (100m, 200m) at SEA Games Vientiane but did not win medal. He finished 6th in 100m (10.71) and 4th in 200m (21.60s).

2007: He won two bronze medals (100m- 10.54 & 4x100m- 39.90) at the SEA Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.


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NGUYEN THANH NGUNG

Nationality: Vietnam
Event: Walks (10,000m, 10km, 20,000m, 20km)
Born: 1992

Personal Best: 
20km walk 1:31:33 (Danang 24 December 2010) NR
10km walk 46:26.84 (Hanoi July 2011) NR
10,000m walk 46:37.35 (Ho Chi Minh 03.08.2011) NR
5000m walk 22:26.80 (Kuala Lumpur 16.07.2010)

Seasonal Best 2010:
10,000m track walk 45:17.51 (Ho Chi Minh 3 August 2011) *NR
10km road walk 46:26.84 (Hanoi July 2011) *NR


National Record: 
20km walk 1:31:33 (Danang 24 December 2010)

Career Highlights:

2010: He won the 5000m walk at the 2nd Asean Schools Games in Kuala Lumpur in a National Record time of 22:26.80s.




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ELIEZER SUNANG

Nationality: Philippines
Event: Shot Put
Born: 27 January 1985
Height: 5-10
Weight: 100
Personal Best: 
Shot Put 16.56m (Ho Chi Minh 02 August 2011)

National Record (s): 
Shot Put 16.56m (Ho Chi Minh 02 August 2011)
Shot Put 16.35m (Manila 15.08.09 - 02.08.11)

Progression at:
Shot Put: 2007- 15.62, 2008- 15.82, 2009- 16.35/NR, 2010- 15.14, 2011- 16.56/NR

Major Meet:
SEA Games- Nakhon Ratchasima 2007

Career Highlights:

2011: He eclipses the Philippines NR at shot put which held by himself with a throw of 16.56m during the Ho Chi Minh International track and field meet at Ho Chi Minh on August 02, 2011.

2009: He set a new National Record in shot put in a distance of 16.35m at Manila on 15.08.2009.

2007: Competed in the 2007 SEA Games in Nakhon Ratchasima at shot put and won bronze in 15.62m.



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