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Ten sweep Asian Grand
Prix series 2009
 Ten
finished with the distinction of having won all the
three legs. They were: Men: Su Bingtian (China,
100m), Mohammed Al-Azemi (Kuwait, 800m), Surendra
Kumar Singh (India, 3000m/5000m) and Kim Deok-Hyung
(Korea, Triple Jump); Women: Guzel Khubbieva
(Uzbekistan, 100m), Margarita Matsko (Kazakhstan,
800m), Natalya Ivoninskaya (Kazakhstan, 100m
Hurdles), Xie Limei (China, Triple Jump), Gong
Lijiao (China, Shot Put) and Song Aimin (China,
Discus). Read
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Founder
President of Asian Athletics Association Sardar
Umrao SIngh dies.
New Delhi, 12 April 2009: Athletics Federation of India is shocked by the news of the death of its President “Padam Bhshan Sardar Umrao Singh”, former minister and a great sports administrator. Sardar Umrao Singh was associated with the Athletics Federation in the various capacities in last more than 50 years. He served as the President of the Athletics Federation of India two times. He was IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) council member.
He was conferred with “Padam Bhushan” for his contribution towards successful conduct of the “Asian Games 1982” by the Government of India. With his death India has lost an able sports administrator. He was also founder president of Asian Athletics Association and senior member of Indian Olympic Association. Athletics Federation of India and its all members condole the death of “Sardar Umrao Singh” who left for his heavenly abode today early morning at Jalandhar
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IAAF High Performance Centre opens in Beijing
The Chinese capital which played host to such fantastic athletics competition in and around the Bird’s Nest stadium at last year’s Olympic Games, on 1 April proudly became the latest world city to open an IAAF High Performance Centre (HPTC). Already the home of a Regional Development Centre, Beijing now becomes the host of the ninth IAAF HPTC. The centre which is based in the Beijing Sport University will specialise in three of the four jumps - Long Jump, Triple Jump and High Jump - as well as middle and long distance running and race walking. There will also be a focus on the coaching of the women’s throwing events. The first athlete will arrive at the Beijing HPTC on 15 April. The centre was officially opened on 1 April in a ceremony attended among others (see photo) by Dr. Luo Chaoyi, IAAF Council Member, Dr. Chi Jian Vice-President of Beijing Sport University, Maurice Nicholas, Secretary-Treasurer of the Asian Athletics Association, Dr. Feng Shuyong, Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Athletics Federation, Lou Dapeng, former IAAF Vice-President, and Dr. Elio Locatelli, the Director of IAAF Member Services. ( IAAF )
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 10th
Asian Cross County Championship 2009
1 March, Bahrain
Teams | Athletes
Results
Individual
Team
Men | Women
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Men | Jr.
Women
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Medal Table (Individuals and Teams)
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Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
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Bahrain |
5 |
5 |
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10 |
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Qatar |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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Japan |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
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India |
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3 |
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Yeman |
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Asian Cross Country Championships
Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain’s World 1500m champion Maryam Yusuf Jamal and Asian 10,000m record holder Ahmed Hassan Abdullah comfortably defended their women’s and men’s titles respectively at the 10th Asian Cross Country Championships in Manama, Bahrain on Sunday (01). In a championship dominated by the host nation, Alemu Bekele and Shitaye Eshete were the winners of the men’s and women’s junior races.
Senior Women - Jamal in a class of her own
For Jamal, who has never lost in Asian competitions, the 24-year-old lived up to her pre-meet billing with a comfortable victory in front of a small, but vocal home crowd at the Al-Rafah Bahrain Hippodrome in the Southern part of the capital. Despite a rare downpour and consequent windy conditions, the race’s out-and-back course helped the runners set a fast tempo from the early part of the race. Japan’s Aya Nagata chose to do the leading for the first half of the race with Jamal and teammates Mimi Belete and Sara Bakheet Yaqoob in tow. Bakheet was the first from the major contenders to fall back from the leading group, but Agata’s persistence at the head of the pack helped make up for a brief, but interesting encounter with the Bahraini duo. At the bell, Jamal and Belete had already made easy work of dispatching Agata who hang for dear life in the last bronze medal position. Buoyed, no doubt, by the fact that she was making her competitive home debut, Jamal cruised ahead with 600m of the race left to take a comfortable victory in 26:21.6, ten seconds ahead of Belete with a battling Agata home in third. In the race for team titles, Japan narrowly edged out Bahrain to take the title with India coming home in third.
Senior Men - Abdullah leads Qatari clean sweep
The senior men’s race followed a similar path to the women’s as Qatar’s Ahmed Hassan Abdullah, who won the title in Amman two years ago, comfortably defending his title to lead a Qatari clean sweep of the first four places.
Bahrain’s dominance of the junior races and the senior women’s competitions suggests that they could pose cross country’s traditional powerhouses Ethiopia and Kenya problems in Amman in four weeks time. With the exception of Maryam Yusuf Jamal, who still has not decided on her Amman participation, all athletes who competed here will take part in Amman in what is already looking like a formidable Bahraini squad for the championships.
(Elshadai Negash, IAAF)
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HCM
City to host open games
As many as 250 athletes have registered to compete in the
15th Ho Chi Minh City Open Track and Field Tournament set to
take place from July 17-19. Alongside 28 international
competitors, Vietnam will be represented by
regionally-acclaimed athletes such as Bui Thi Nhung, Bui Thi
Hien, Vu Van Huyen, Vu Thi Huong, Truong Thanh Hang, Le Ngoc
Phuong and Nguyen Duy Bang.
The city’s Athletics Federation General Secretary Nguyen
Trung Hinh said local athletes will face strong rivals from
the Republic of Korea as well as young competitors from
Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines that will compete
with Vietnam for titles at Southeast Asian Games. Hinh said
the President of the Asian Athletics Federation will visit
Vietnam on July 18 to observe the tournament and inspect
Thong Nhat Stadium in preparation for the 4th Southeast
Asian Junior Athletics Championships slated for June next
year. (VNA) |
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