Philippines Athletics Weekly Relays I, II, III, IV 2012

PATAFA (Philippines Track and Field Association) Weekly Relays is a track and field meet which is held weekly during its season.  The first four weeks were held at Pasig City, near Manila. Summary (Best results) as follows;

WEEKLY RELAYS I - Pasig City (14 July 2012)

MEN
100m: 1.Larick Panes 11.0;
5000m: 1.Richard Salano 15:34.7, 2.Rafael Poliquit Jr 15:43.7, 3.Ruen Dela Torre 16:02.1, 4.Roldan Verano 16:02.8;
SP: 1.Gustl Pido 12.29 (*12.09?), 2. Joshua Fuentes 12.25;

WOMEN
3000m: 1.Dalyn Carmen 11:14.0, 2.Mary Ann Dela Cruz 11:14.9, 3.Mae Ann Gongob 11:33.1, 4.Jenismylle Mabunga 11:33.4, 5.Mary Grace Dela Torre 11:45.9;
HJ: 1.Joean Bermudo 1.55, 2.Kirstie Vinco 1.50;
LJ: 1.Joean Bermudo 5.28, 2.Josie Malacad 5.24;

WEEKLY RELAYS II - Pasig City (21 July 2012)

MEN
400m: 1.Wenlie Maulas 50.2;
1500m: 1.Richard Salano 4:13.6;

WOMEN
1500m: 1.Mary Ann Dela Cruz 5:12.1;

WEEKLY RELAYS III - Pasig City (28 July 2012)

MEN
800m: 1.Mervin Guarte 1:55.5, 2.Christopher Ulboc 1:55.9, 3.Jordan Paul Billones 1:56.3, 4.John Acanto 1:58.5, 5.Richard Salano 1:58.7, 6.Rafael Poliquit Jr 1:59.7;
400mH: 1.Jesson Ramil Cid 54.9;
PV: 1.Emerson Obiena 4.00, 2.Cesar Feliciano 3.80, 3.Zech Valera 3.80;
DT: 1.Joel Sta.Mina 37.81, 2.Joshua Fuentes 34.18;
4x100m: 1.Far Eastern University (FEU) 42.4;

WOMEN
800m: 1.Vanessa Del Valle 2:28.4;
PV: 1.Riezel Buenaventura 3.40, 2.Natassia Marie Nalus 2.80;
JT: 1.Evalyn Palabrica 39.40, 2.Jeneffer Panepona 35.63;

WEEKLY RELAYS IV - Pasig City (04 August 2012)

MEN
100m: 1.Patrick Unso 11.0, 2.Jesson Ramil Cid 11.0;
5000m: 1.Richard Salano 15:30.7, 2.Rafael Poliquit Jr 15:54.3, 3.Ruen Dela Torre 16:05.7;
4x400m: 1.Far Eastern University (FEU) 3:22.4;

WOMEN
3000m: 1.Catherine Bristol 11:36.3, 2.Mary Ann Dela Cruz 11:46.0;
HJ: 1.Joean Bermudo 1.60;

Results courtesy of PATAFA

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VIDEO Usain Bolt 9.63 100m London Olympics Yohan Blake 9.75, Justin Gatlin 9.79, Tyson Gay 9.80

Photo by Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt of Jamaica has becomes the second man on earth to defend a title of the men's 100m in the Olympic Games. The tall lanky Jamaican who stands 1.96m tall left out of the block with a moderate 0.165 reaction time, pulling out the fields in the halfway and surged through to the line in a new Olympic record time of 9.63s, beating his own 9.69s mark set in Beijing enroute to win his first Olympic title. Thanks to the tailwinds 1.5m/s, which he didn't get in Beijing (0.0m/s).

Teammate Yohan Blake finished in second for silver, equaling his personal best time of 9.75s. United States' Justin Gatlin the 2004 champion (9.85) registered a personal record to bag his second bronze at the Olympics, after 3rd 200m at 2004 Olympics. Tyson Gay (USA) the second fastest sprinter of all-time (9.69s) who had to do an operation in the process to heal his chronic injury in 4th position with a season best time of 9.80s.

Another American Ryan Bailey, once again setting 9.88s to finish in 5th. He previously ran 9.88s in Round 1 yesterday to equal his best time from Rieti in 2010.

Martina Churandy (NED) and Richard Thompson (TRI) made the race the greatest ever as both sprinters had registered sub-10s, with 9.94s and 9.98s for 6th and 7th positions respectively. Asafa Powell, the third fastest of all-time (9.72s) were not able to help a perfect "eight sub-10" as he stopped in the halfway due to injury, and got 11.99s.

The men's 200m in four days (9th August), Usain Bolt is gunning for the second gold in 200m (after Beijing 2008), to become the first human to retain 100m-200m titles at the Olympics. The main rival surely once again from his teammate Yohan Blake who has a pb of 19.26s (2011), slightly slower than Bolt 19.19s (2009). I reckon 19.26-19.35 in the 200m final, but who's going to run it BOLT or BLAKE ??

PHOTOFINISH

RESULTS

VIDEO

VIDEO (by IOC)

# Now it's blocked, but you can still watch it on youtube!

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Prediction London Olympics 2012 Track and Field Athletics

MEN / WOMEN
100 Metres
-> Yohan Blake (JAM) .............................. -> Carmelita Jeters (USA)
-> Usain Bolt (JAM) .............................. -> Shelly Ann Fraser - Priye (JAM)
-> Tyson Gay (USA) .............................. -> Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)
-> Justin Gatlin (USA)

200 Metres
-> Yohan Blake (JAM) .............................. -> Allyson Felix (USA)
-> Usain Bolt (JAM)

400 Metres
-> LaShawan Meritt (USA).............................. -> Sanya Richard-Ross (USA)
-> Kirani James (GRE) ............................... -> Antonina Krivoshapka (RUS)

800 Metres
-> David Rudisha (KEN) .............................. -> Pamela Jelimo (KEN)
-> Abubaker Kaki (SUD)

1500 Metres
-> Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) .............................. -> Abeba Arigawil (ETH)
-> Brimin Kipruto (KEN) .............................. -> Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)

5000 Metres
-> Mohamed Farah (GBR) .............................. -> Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)
                                                 .............................. -> Meseret Defar (ETH)
10000 Metres
-> Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) .............................. -> Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
-> Mohamaed Farah (GBR) .............................. -> Beleynesh Oljira (ETH)

Marathon
-> WilsonKaipsang (KEN) .............................. -> Mary Keitany (KEN)
-> Abel Kirui (KEN) .............................. -> Tiki Gelana (ETH)

3000m Steeplechase
-> Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) .............................. -> Milcah Chemos (KEN)
-> Brimin Kipruto (KEN) .............................. -> Yuliya Zaripova (RUS)

110m / 100m Hurdles
-> Aries meritt (USA) .............................. -> Sally Pearson (AUS)
-> Liu Xiang (CHN) .............................. -> Kellie Wells (USA)

400m Hurdles
-> Dai Greene (GBR) .............................. -> Natalya Antyukh (RUS)
-> Javier Culson (PUE) .............................. -> Lashinda Demus (USA)

High Jump
-> Jesse Williams (USA) .............................. -> Anna Chicherova (RUS)
-> Andrye Silnov (RUS)

Pole Vault
-> Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) .............................. -> Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
-> Lazaro Borges (CUB)

Long Jump
-> Mitchell Watt (AUS) .............................. -> Brittney Reese (USA)
-> Sebastian Bayer (GER) .............................. -> Anna Nazarova (RUS)

Triple Jump
-> Christian Taylor (USA) .............................. -> Olga Saladuha (UKR)
-> Will Claye (USA) .............................. -> Olga Rypakova (KAZ)
-> Phillips Idowu (GBR)

Shot Put
-> Reese Hoffa (USA) .............................. -> Nadezhda Ostapchuk (BLR)
-> Christian Cantwell (USA) .............................. -> Valerie Adams (NZL)
-> Tomaz Majewski (POL)

Discus Throw
-> Robert Harting (GER) .............................. -> Nadien Muller (GER)
                                              .............................. -> Darya Pishchalnikova (RUS)

Hammer Throw
-> Christianz Pars (HUN) .............................. -> Oksana Menkova (BLR)
                                               .............................. -> Betty Heidler (GER)


Javelin Throw
-> Andreas Thorkildson (NOR) .............................. -> Barbora Spotakova (CZE)
-> Vitezslav Vesely (CZE) .............................. -> Sunette Vilijoen (RSA)


Decathlon / Heptathlon
-> Ashton Eaton .............................. -> Jessica Ennis (GBR)
-> Trey hardee .............................. -> Tatyana Chernova (RUS)

4x100 Metres
-> Jamaica .............................. -> United States
-> United States .............................. -> Jamaica

4x400 Metres
-> United States .............................. -> United States
-> Jamaica .............................. -> Russia

20km Walk
-> Valeriy Bulchin (RUS) .............................. -> Yelena Lashmanova (RUS)

50km Walk
-> Sergey Kidyapkin (RUS)

Prediction of Olympics' Winners by AdrianSprints.com

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Asian Athletics Records and Leaders before Olympics

My German friend Heinrich Hubbeling, track and field statistician for IAAF and Asian AA wrote the following;

Dear friend,

thanks for your infos during last days.

Please find attached updated files (as per today / after the DL-Meeting at Monaco) with Asian Continental Records and 2012 Leaders for your website. The same files were forwarded to the ASIAN AA and to Rahul Pawar for enclosure to the (once again VIRUS-effected) AsianAthletics-website.

These records should be surely the final rankings in time before the Olympic Games, since MONACO was the last major competition worldwide before the Games.

This is for your kind information.


 Therefore, click here to download the 10-page file and you have the information of;
1) ASIAN Athletics Complete Records (as at 21 July 2012)
2) ASIAN Athletics Senior Leaders (as at 21 July 2012)
3) ASIAN Athletics Junior Leaders (as at 21 July 2012)

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1988 Seoul Olympics - Eight Sprinters Tells Story

For the first time ever, eight sprinters who are finalists of 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, tells their stories; Ben Johnson (CAN), Carl Lewis (USA), Linford Christie (GBR), Calvin Smith (USA), Dennis Mitchell (USA), Robson da Silva (BRA), Desai Williams (CAN), and Raymond Stewart (JAM). Brought to you by BBC, a great documentary !!

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Keputusan Olahraga Sukma Pahang 2012

XV Sukma 2012, Kuantan - Highlights and Results Day 4 (13 July 2012)
-switch to day 1 -  day 2 - day 3

Terengganu team confirmed the domination in athletics competition at XV SUKMA after winning eighth gold medal from the men's 4x400m, clocking 3:20.64s and became the overall champion for athletics event. Malacca team took silver in 3:21.00s, while Perak team bronze in 3:21.38s.

Terengganu team finished at first position in the women's 4x400m in a time of 3:54.67s, leaving second finisher Johor team (4:01.03s), and third placing Perak team (4:01.44s) by more than 6 seconds.

Saranraj s/o Sivamani of Pahang has recorded 4:03.72s in the men's 1500m and won his second gold medal in the games. Perak's Kesavan Maniam (4:04.24s) and Kedah's Tan Wei Heng (4:04.71s) were only separated on the finish line for silver and bronze respectively after a close battle all the way the curve and home straight.

Nik Norzilawatie Nik Wil of Kelantan won her third gold medal after taking the women's 1500m gold medal with 4:58.41s, comfortably ahead of Kedah's Nor Hidayah Ahmad (5:05.66s) and Sarawak's Faradilah Raznie (5:10.08s) in second and third positions. She previously won 3000m steeplechase and 800 metres.

Hisyam Alias of Kuala Lumpur, the guy who 'missed the start' in the men's 100m final, has eventually won his gold medal, taking the men's 200m title in a personal best time of 21.73s, defeating Kannathasan s/o Subramaniam (21.76, pb) the winner of men's 400m (47.48s) in second place for silver. The bronze medal was 'stolen' by Negeri Sembilan's Mohd Shahmimi Azmi (22.10s) from Sabah's Sebastian Lee Azcona (22.11s).

Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli of Penang winning sprint double. She finished in first position of the women's 200m in 24.79s. The main challenge for this sprinter would probably come from her twin sister Husna Zulkifli who has a season best of 24.59, but unluckily withdrew due to hamstring injury. Second and third goes to Terengganu's Nur Farahana Musa (25.46s) and Sabah's Fathin Faqihah Mohd Yusof (25.52s).

Muhammad Rozaini Subki of Perak threw to a personal best distance of 59.26m in the men's javelin throw and bagged the gold medal. Kedah's Akmal Md Zain, also with pb throw of 58.75m taking silver medal. Bronze went to Sabah's Max Anzie Jetol in 52.94m, pb as well.

Noor Shahidatun Nadia Mohammad Zuki of Kedah scorched to second gold medal in the women's long jump with a leap of 5.85m. Sabahans Ana Lydia Tinggi (5.38m) and Nurul Atiqah Sukur (5.29m) took silver and bronze respectively.

Muhammad Khairil Harith Harun of Kelantan won his second gold medal in the games, winning the men's 20,000m walk with 1:36:35.32s, and once again beaten Dhiban Raj s/o Theyzgason of Negeri Sembilan (1:40:43.36s) who placed second in the men's 10,000m walk, behind Khairil Harith. Third winner was Satiyaseelan s/o K.Mahalingah of Pennag in 1:42:53.17s.

Muhd Ajmal Aiman Mat Hasan of Terengganu ran 14.67s in the men' 110m hurdles and clinched the gold medal, beating Selangor's Alif Ashraf Mohd Razali (14.80s) in silver medal position. Both hurdlers had met the qualifying standard for the on-going World Juniors Championships, the biggest junior event on earth, but skipped in order to run in SUKMA (!!). Bronze medal went to 16-year-old Jad Naeman Washif of Sabah with a time of 15.06s.

Raja Nursheena Raja Azhar of Selangor runs 14.34s in her pet event women's 100m hurdles and bagged gold medal, leaving Malacca's Ku Munirah Ku Zamzuri (15.24) and Federal's Nur Amanina Tugimin (15.42) in second and third places respectively.

Casier Renee Kelly Lee of Sarawak won her second gold medal in the women's shot put, throwing 12.04m. Teammate Grace Wong Xiu Mei, 12 years old !!!!!, takes silver medal in a distance of 11.78m, and beating her super senior Bibi Nuraishah Ishak of Kelantan who could only throw 11.29m for bronze.

Iskandar Alwi of Johor cleared 4.80m in the men's pole vault to win the gold medal and broke the national junior record 4.73m by himself. Federal's Mohd Fahme Zamzam satisfied with silver at 4.50m height while Johor's Muhammad Iqbal Hakim Kamal third in 4.30m.

AdrianSprints.Com
-Final note: beware (!) of believing the games's website, lazy people were asked to look after results and statistics, many errors and mistakes and incomplete results + no wind speed included.

Therefore, if you have the complete results taken directly from organizer at stadium, please kindly send to me at, info@adriansprints.com . Hardcopy (when softcopy not available) can also be sent to my home address, please email me first.

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SUKMA Pahang 2012 - Athletics Video Highlights

XV SUKMA (Malaysian Games), Kuantan 2012.
10-13 July 2012. Video Highlights (WOMEN);
-switch to men's events

Women's 100 Metres


Women's 100m Hurdles Final


Women's Pole Vault


Women's Long Jump


Women's Triple Jump


Women's Shot Put


Women's 4x400 Metres


Video credit; Games Organizer

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Sukma Pahang 2012 - Athletics VIDEO Highlights

XV SUKMA (Malaysian Games), Kuantan 2012. 
10-13 July 2012. Video Highlights (MEN);
-switch to women's events

Men's 100m Final


Men's 800m Final


Men's 110m hurdles Final


Men's Pole Vault


Men's High Jump


Men's 10000m Walk


Men's 4x400 Metres


Video credit; Games Organizer

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