Triyaningsih Won 10,000m - 3 Golds in Hands

In athletics event of the 26th SEA Games, who is going to win three gold medals? Triyaningsih of Indonesia !!

The first Gold medal already bagged home and it's from 10000m. En-route the race, realizing of the goal of 3 Golds, she did not even push herself to maximum, just puts some extra effort in some parts of distances to make sure the gold is her. In spite of that, she still had over one minutes margin between her time 34:52.74 and the silver medal winner Pham Thi Binh of Vietnam (36:04.83).  Another Vietnamese Pham Thi Hien closer to her teammate in bronze medal position in 36:16.84.

Tomorrow is the rest day for Triyaningsih. And will be back to track on the following day for 5000m, an event for which she holds the SEA Games and Southeast Asian records, 15:54.32 - surely another gold medal. The closest rival would be teammate Rini Budiarti who has run 16:08.00.

She will have another rest day before the Marathon on the last day. Kindly noted that she placed 4th in this event during Asian Games 2010. She also holds a personal best of 2:31:49, faster than some male runners in SEA Games- without doubt another gold.

Special thanks to the organizer for a wonderful schedule or timetable which created special for Triyaningsih to hunt 3 gold medals. But this is not strange, Michael Johnson had the pleasure from schedule adjustment in 1996 Olympics. Not only that, they did the same to Carl Lewis as well back in 1984 Olympics. And many others. But keep in mind that this approach is legal.

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Tan Song Hwa Wins Gold Hammer Throw 55.15m - SEA Games 2011

As anticipated Malaysian hammer thrower Tan Song Hwa delivered the first gold medal for athletics event. She hurled the iron ball in a distance of 55.15m in the fourth attempt, only her second legal throw after the first attempt 55.08m, but good enough to secure the gold.

Song Hwa who stands at 5"3 however did not able to produce a National record, for which she did twice this year, in Bangkok (58.60) and Szombathely Hungary (58.71)

Indonesian hope Rose Herlinda Inggriana  threw 51.95m to bag silver medal while Philippines' Loralie Amahit Sermona went to win the bronze medal with a throw of 49.69m.

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Franklin Ramses Burumi 10.37 Sprint King SEA Games 2011, Gary Yeo 10.46, Wachara Sondee 10.47

Indonesian Franklin Ramses Burumi became the sprint king of the 26th SEA Games in Palembang after winning the blue ribbon event in a wind assisted (+2.1) time of 10.37s Singaporean Gary Yeo Foo Ee improved on his best time to 10.46s (from 10.62s) to win the silver medal, just ahead of Thais Wachara Sondee (10.47) in bronze medal position.

"Yes, I believe I can win the 100m. I'm a hundred percent confident!", says Franklin in a pre-race interview.

It was a great victory not only for Franklin who ran 10.32s (doubtful-timing)  during March's Jatim Open in Surabaya, but for the whole country as they successfully retained the men century dash title for three consecutive times.  Suryo Agung Wibowo won the 2009 (10.17) and 2007 (10.25) editions but went to absence in this edition to focus on his study and perform the hajj in Mecca.

RESULT
100m Men Final			Wind: +2.1
Pos	Name	Nat		Time
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Franklin Ramses Burumi Gary Yeo Foo Ee Wachara Sondee Mohamed Fadlin Suppachai Chimdee Mohd Noor Imran Hadi Pin Wan Haep Ambrose Jilom	INA SIN THA INA THA MAS CAM MAS		10.37 10.46 10.47 10.51 10.53 10.55 10.91 76.31

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Indonesian Sprinters Fadlin & Franklin Burumi Warns Their 100m Rivals

Two Indonesian men Sprinters won their respective semifinals races easily and set themselves the favorites for Gold-Silver in the blue ribbon final this evening.

Mohamed Fadlin had no problem to advance, clocking 10.69s in the semifinal 1, beaten Malaysian Ambrose Jilom in the second place (10.78). Surprisingly Thais Wachara Sondee was just able to place third in a time of 10.85 in the "slow-pace" race. Despite of clocking a poor time 11.09, Cambodian Pin Wanheip created a history for his country as he was confirmed for a final spot. He beats Singaporean Mohd Elfi Mustapha (11.22) who injured and denied his chance to hunt medal.

Franklin Ramses Burumi who ran a doubtful-timed 10.32 in Surabaya in March won the semifinal 2 in a time of 10.54, close to his real personal best 10.50. Singaporean Gary Yeo Foo Ee also proceed easily after clocking 10.64. The favorite Mohd Noor Imran Hadi of Malaysia who ran 10.40 this year seems to have problem and finished in third position (10.73), just ahead of Suphachai Chimdee (10.75) the 200m specialist with PB 20.68.

The fastest man and woman of the 26th SEA Games will be known this evening when the finalists are scheduled to compete in the finals at 6.30pm (Palembang time).

Men 100m Heat 1


Men 100m Heat 2


Video courtesy of a friend, Sha.

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Marestella Torres 6.71m SEA Games - Gold Medal, Games Record, National Record, SEA Record

The 2009 Asian champion and gold medal favorite Marestella Torres of the Philippines leaped a respectable distance of 6.71m in long jump during the 1st day of SEA Games in Palembang, not only confirmed the gold medal but has broken many records at once - Personal Record, National Record, Games Record, and Southeast Asian Record. In fact, she placed 2nd in Asian Ranking so far in 2011, just shy one cm to the current leader Yuliya Tarasova of Uzbekistan.

Her previous best jump 6.68m was set during the 2009 Games in Laos. The host jumper Maria Natalia Londa was also in her best shape, bettered her national record by 21cm after her perfect jump 6.47m. Torres's teammate Catherine Kay Santos bagged bronze in a distance of 6.25m, an improvement of personal best by 16cm.

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