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Golden day for Vietnam and
Philippines - SEA Games, Day 2
Sunday 9 December 2007
Korat, Thailand - Vietnam and the Philippines enjoyed a
golden day on Saturday (8) as they won four and three
titles, respectively, on the second day of athletics at the
24th South East Asia (SEA) Games in this northern city's
‘His Majesty the King's 80th Birthday Anniversary Stadium’.
Vietnam's Truong Thanh Hang became the first athlete to win
two individual gold medals on the track as her compatriots
Bui Thi Nhung and Vu Van Huyen renewed their crowns in the
women's High Jump and the Decathlon. Dinh Cuong Nguyen
joined the trio by winning the men's 800m.
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records fall as Thailand takes the medal lead - South East
Asia Games Day 1
Saturday 8 December 2007
Korat, Thailand - Five records fell as host country Thailand
took an expected comfortable lead on the opening day of
athletics on Friday (7) at the 24th South East Asia (SEA)
Games in this city's His Majesty the King's 80th Birthday
Anniversary Stadium of the northern province of Nakhon
Ratchasima.
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1st South Asian Junior
Athletics Championship 2007
Nov 29-30, Colombo
Final Results |
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India emerge champion in
South Asian Junior Athletics
Colombo, Nov 30: Sri Lanka proved that they can produce good
sprinters when Gateway schoolboy Shehan Ambeypitiya clinched
the sprint double when he won the 100 metres dash in a close
finish on the final day of India finish on top of the medals
tally with 21 gold medals in the inaugural South Asian
Junior Athletic Championship at the Sugathadasa Stadium .
Sri Lanka could win only 8 gold medals. Sri Lanka’s relay
teams won the women’s and men’s 4x100 metres events in
style. They won by a big margin from India who were at least
five metres behind.
Results (all finals)
100M (men): 1. Shehan Ambeypitiya (Sri) 10.69 sec. 2. Hemant
Maruti Kirulkar (Ind), 3. Daham Madawa (Sri). Shot Put
(men): 1. ASwani Solanki (Ind), 17.01M. 2. Shiv Kumar (Ind),
3. Srinath Perera (Sri). 100M hurdles (men): 1. Balamurugan
Thiyagarajan (Ind) 14.62 sec. 2. Mohsin Ali (Pakistan), 3.
Ranga Kelum (Sri). Triple Jump (men): 1. Dhiraj Kumar Mishra
(Ind) 15.78M. 2. Deepankumar Velusamy (Ind), 3. Chanuka E.
de Silva (Sri). Javelin Throw (men): 1. Samarjeet Singh (Ind),
67.14M. 2. Arivolo Chockanathan (Ind), 3. Waruna Lakshan
(Sri). 400M (men): 1. Saman Kumara (Sri), 49.05 sec. 2.
Jaspal Singh (Ind), 3. Nuwan Abeywickrema (Sri). 1,500M
(men): 1. Trinadh Pandala (Ind), 3:57.05 sec. 2. Prakash
Verma (Ind), 3. A.M.E. Abeysinghe (Sri). 4 x 100M (men): 1.
Sri Lanka 41.27 secs. 2. India, 3. Maldives.
High Jump (women); 1. Dulanjali Ranasinghe (Sri) 1.75M. 2.
Kavya Muthanna (Ind), 3. Lahiruni Peiris (Sri) Long Jump
(women): 1. Mayookha Johny (Ind), 6.01M. 2. Runu Bala
Mahanta (Ind), 3. Shyamali Gamage (Sri). 100M hurdles
(women): 1. Raji Christudas (Ind), 14.86 sec. 2. Sachinthana
Perera (Sri), 3. Hani Yuppalapati (Ind). Discus Throw
(women): 1. Priyanka Bhanot (Ind), 45.79M. 2. Rinku Rani (Ind),
3. W.M.S.K. Weerasekara (Sri).
100M (women): 1. Jessy Arulappan (Ind), 12.15 sec. 2.
J.A.N.S. Jayasinghe (Sri), 3. Srabani Nanda (Ind). 400M
(women): 1. Harathi Gujjala (Ind), 56.32 sec. 2. Debashree
Masumdar (Ind), 3. M.M.P. Samaraweera (Sri). 800M (women):
1. Bindhu Simon Rajam (Ind), 2:17.91 sec. 2. Manpreet Kaur (Ind),
3. K.R.P. Sanjeewani (Sri). 4 x 100 relay (women): 1. Sri
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Lanka, India field 69 athletes for South Asian Junior
Athletic C’ships
Sri Lanka are expected to win at least ten gold medals at
the inaugural South Asian Junior Athletic Championship
scheduled to be held at the Sugathadasa Stadium on November
29 and 30. Sri Lanka will field a team of 69 girls and boys
while India too will send the same number of athletes for
the meet. Pakistan has confirmed to send 35 athletes whereas
Maldives 14 and Bangladesh only seven athletes.
South Asian Games gold medallist in the women’s high jump
event Dulanjali Ranasinghe will be the overall captain of
the Sri Lanka team. She will be concentrating only on the
high jump event this time too. Hiyanthi Piyadigama will be
the captain of the girls’ team while Shehan Ambepitiya will
be the captain of the boys’ team.
Sri Lanka will be fielding 39 boys and 30 girls’ athletes
for the meet. They have been training together for nearly
one month now and hopefully have reached their peak form by
now.
Sri Lanka team. (boys): A. Daham Madawa, Shehan Ambepitiya
(captain), Ashan Hasaranga, Nuwan Abeywickrema, Saman
Kumara, A.M.E.G.K.D. Abeysinghe, Dilan Aloka, Chandana
Kumara, Eranda Gamage, Shiran Kanchana, K.G.A.P. Amarasiri,
Sudesh Prasanna, H.M.D.M. Bandara, Sajith Nadeeshan, Sasanka
Rankoth, Ranga Kelum, Udaya Viraj, Joy Augustine, Amitha
Kasun, Udara Silva, Kasun Sampath, Sumith Ratnayake, Asanka
Sandaruwan, Chanuka E. de Silva, Isuru Udana Thilakaratne,
Lakshan Batugedara, Srinath Perera, Charith Kapukotuwa,
Nalin Buddika, Niranga Paul, D.S.T. Hettiarachchi, Waruna
Lakshan, K.P.R.M. Jayathilaka, Sachin Maduranga, Keith de
Mel, Rasika Yapa Kulathunga, K.T.M. Haris, G.L.T. Ishara,
S.W.G.J. Weerasinghe.
(girls): Hiyanthi Piyadigama, (Captain), Samalka Anandagoda,
J.A.N.S. Jayasinghe, Danushki Perera, M.M.P. Samaraweera,
Mihirani Perera, Udeni Pushpakumari, K.R.P. Sanjeewani,
T.M.N. Seelaratne, W.K.L.A. Nimali, Mayoma Maushika, Shainy
Shaliyana, Sachinthana Perera, Harshani Wijesinghe,
Dulanjali Ranasinghe, Lahiruni Peiris, Sajani Madushika,
Chirani Amarasiri, Shyamali Gamage, Achintha Nirmani, Devni
Madurapperuma, W.M.S.K. Weerasekera, Kumudulami Fernando T.
Anusha, P.P.Serena Clarence, Chathurani Neelaka, P.L.D.T.S.
Seneviratne, Udara Ratnayake, Amali Nisansala and L.D.M.
Jayathilaka. |
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Indian athletes leave for
South Asian Jr Athletics
New Delhi | Wednesday, Nov 28 2007 IST
A 58-member Indian Junior Athletics Team (31 men and 27
women) will take part in the first South Asian Junior
Athletics Championships starting in Colombo tomorrow.
The team has already left Chennai for Colombo last night for
the two-day meet after the National Junior Athletics
Championships held in Vijayawada from November 24-27, an
Athletics Federation of India release said.
Team: Men: 100m: Hemant Maruti Kirulkar; Krishna Kumar Rane
200m: Ramchandra Rao Bura; Sukhendu Mondal 400m: Jaspal
Singh; Jithin Paul 800m: Prakash Verma; Pankaj Dimri 1500m:
Trinadh Pandala; Prakash Verma 5000m: Vinit Malik; Sandip
Kumar 110m hurdles: Joyal Joseph; T Balamurugan 400m
hurdles: Shejil Varghese; Jithin Paul Triple Jump: V Deepan
Kumar; K Dhjiraj Kumar Mishra High Jump: Vipin Singh; C
Nikhil Chittarasu Long Jump: Tanmoy Adhikari; Renubala
Mahanta Shot Put: Shiv Kumar; Aswani Solanki Javelin Throw:
Samarjeet Singh; A Chockanathan Discus Throw: Dinesh Kumar;
Akash Antil 4x100m Relay: A Prem Kumar; Amiya Kumar Malik; T
Blesson; Hemant Marutyi Kirulkar; S Krishna Kumar Rane;
Srabani Nanda 4x 400m Relay: Ashish Mondal; Dharamvir;
Jaspal Singh; Jithin Paul; Shejil Varghese; H Maninder Singh
Women: 100m: A Jessy; Srabani Nanda 200m: A Jessy; Srabani
Nanda 400m: Harathi Gujjala; Debashree Mazumdar 800m: B
Simon Rajam; Manpreet Kaur 1500m: Savita Dhankhar; B Simon
Rajam 100m hurdles: C. T. Raji; V Hani High Jump: Kavya
Muthanna; Long Jump: Johny Mayookha Shot Put: Manpreet Kaur;
Neelam Jakhar Javelin Throw: S Kispotta; P Asha Mary Discus
Throw: Priyanka Bhanot; Rinku Rani 4X100m Relay: Arjina
Khatun; G Gayathry; Asima Bag; Saumya Mohan; A Jessy 4X400m
Relay: Komal Tehlan; Harathi Gujjala; Arya Chandrika; T. S.
Shanbhag; Ritu Bala; Neha Nisar Ahmed |
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LAHORE, Nov 19: The Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP)
named a 23-member contingent for the first South Asian
Junior Athletics Championship, to start in Colombo on Nov
29. Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives
and Nepal will participate.
Boys’ events include 100m, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 5000, 110
hurdles, 400 hurdles, 4x100m relay, 4x400 relay, triple
jump, high jump, long jump, shotput, javelin throw and
discus throw.
Girls will be competing in 100m, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 100
hurdles, 4x100m relay, 4x400 relay, high jump, long jump,
shotput, javelin throw and discus throw events.
Squad (boys):
Asad Manzoor, Mazhar Fareed, Pervez Hussain, Mohammad Tanvir
Abbas, Mohammad Asif Javed, Shahid Ali, Ali Aamir Murad,
Mohsin Ali, Mohammad Khalil, Mohammad Imran, Mohammad
Arsalan, Mohammad Wajahat Ayaz, Farhan Ahmad, Ahmad Hasan
and Mohammad Sajjad.
(Girls): Tasneem Akhtar, Zahra Razzaq, Kanwal Naz, Nadia
Zulfiqar, Azalfa Shafi, Aman Butt, Madiha Latif, Kiran Rana,
Anam Mushtaq and Seema Bilal.
(Officials): Lt Col Qaisar Mustafa (manager); Ejaz-ul-Haq
(assistant manager); Mohammad Riaz, Mohammad Yamin
(coaches); Sumaira Sattar, Abdul Ghaffar (technical
officials); Khalid (attending the championship as secretary
of the South Asian Athletics Federation).—APP |
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Games champion Paulose heads Indian success - Asian Indoor
Games, 2nd day
Wednesday 31 October 2007
Macau, China - Indian athletes opened their gold medal
account on the second day of athletic competitions in 2nd
Asian Indoor Games at the East Asian Games Dome-Arena on
Wednesday (31 Oct), with two 1500m titles.
Sinimole Paulose (24), the reigning Asian
champion both indoor and outdoor, led from the start to
finish to win the women’s 1500m with ease in 4:22.56.
Howewver, Paulose, who was the bronze medallist in this
event with personal best 4:18.08 at the inaugural edition of
the Asian Indoor Games last year, was a long away off O.P.
Jaisha’s national record of 4:15.75.
The men’s 1500m race saw a keen contest with Qatar’s Ali
Abubaker Kamal and Kuwait’s Al Rasheedi Omar doing the
front-running but Chatholi Hamza, the Indian open winner
with a career best 3:39.9, hung on to the leading runners
before making a ‘move’ at the bell, and celebrated the eve
of his 26th birthday with a Games’ record 3:50.22 for
victory. Omar (3:50.58) and Ali (3:50.78) took the minor
medal spots. ( IAAF- Ram Murli Krishnan)
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secures 60m title in 6.54 – 2nd Asian Indoor Games,
1st Day
Tuesday 30 October 2007
Macau, China - Qatar’s Samuel Francis, who set the Asian
record for the 100m (9.99 secs) when winning the Asian
outdoor sprint title this summer (26 July), outclassed a
strong field indoors today to take the 60m dash gold on the
first day of the 2nd Asian Indoor Games (30 Oct).
Francis, a 20-year-old former Nigerian, started his
inaugural indoor race campaign clocking 6.65 seconds to take
second place in his qualifying heat this morning behind
Saudi Arabia’s 2003 World Youth 100m champion Yahya Al-Gahes
(6.61). Francis then took the victory in the first
semi-final of the day in 6.55 seconds.
In the final, Francis who was running in lane six, was the
first to react to the gun with Al-Gahes, in lane four trying
hard to level with him. Francis retained his margin to the
line setting a new Games' record of 6.54. The 21-year-old
Al-Gahes closed out in 6.56, while Thailand’s Wachara Sondee
took the bronze in 6.65. ( IAAF- Ram Murli Krishnan)
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17th Asian Athletics
Championship 2007
Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan ( 25-29 July )
Championship Schedule
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6: 21-year-old Zhang Wenxiu of China set another Asian
record in the Hammer Throw winning by almost 10 meters with
the new record of 74.86m in the Chinese National
Championships. Liu Yinghui (65.70m) and Hao Shuai (65.66m)
were the two others on the podium. This was already Zhang’s
fifth Asian record during her career, her first coming in
April 2004 throwing also a then World junior record 72.37m.
She had set the earlier record at the World Championships
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63rd AAA Council Meeting at Hotel Regency
Palace in Amman on July 28,2007
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17th ASIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS AMMAN
2007- DAY 4.. PHOTOS
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Championship- DAY 2
Amman, July 26: In the much awaited final of the day ,
Francis Samual of Qatar won the title of the "Asia's fastest
athlete" with a amazing timing of 9.99s thus erasing Koji
Ito's Asian Record of 10.00s record set in 1998. Francis
also made Asia proud by overcoming the psychological barrier
of running under 10 second. Francis was very quick off the
block ,accelerating with the total thrust towards finish
line, left everyone more than 2 meter behind by the time he
finished the Asia's best ever sprinting race. Japan's
MASAHIDE UENO ( 10.26s) and Qatar's ALWALEED A. ABDULLA (
10.30s) won second and third place respectively.
In the women's 100m favorite Susantika Jayasinghe of
Srilanka won the title of the "Fastest Women athlete" of the
17th Asian Athletics Championship with a personal best
timing of 11.19s with wind speed of +3.1, more than legal.
Vietnam's Vu Thi Huong emerged from lane 6 after 50m to give
close fight for Jayasinghe , finished on the second place
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July 26: President of Jordan Olympic Committee
HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein inaugurated the 17th Asian
Athletics Championship yesterday at the Amman International
Stadium. Jordan Prime Minister Dr. Ma'roof Albakheet was
also present.
Earlier in the morning session Qatar's Francis Smaual set
the new championship record in men 100m with a timing of
10.18s. in the 4th heat of men's 100m qualifying round.
Qiuyan Jiang of China won the first gold medal of the
championship with a win in 20k walk ,clocking 1:36.19Hrs.
Her teammate Yanmin Bai took silver with 1:38.10Hrs.
Hup Lie Wee of Malaysia won the men's High Jump title with a
jump of 2.24m in the hotly contested event. Favorite Rabbat
Jean Claude of Lebanon had could not clear 2.24m,settling
down on second place with 2.21m.
Ali Zinkawi of Kuwait defended his Hammer throw title
successfully inspite of big throw from Tajikistan's
DILSilshod Nazarov in the opening round which measured
75.70m but Ali responded with 75.71m to clinch the title.
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July 24:
The stage is set to host the 17th Asian Athletics
Championship at Amman International Stadium here from
tomorrow to 29th July 2007.
More than 500 athletes and 200 Officials from 34 Asian
Countries have gathered in Amman to participate in the
Continent’s largest Athletics Championship.
Jordan Athletics Federation has put their best effort to
make this championship a grand success albeit the short time
they had for preparation.
The Council Meeting and Congress of the Asian Athletics
Association will also be held in Amman. As much as 11
reigning champions will try to defend their title, while the
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Asian Championship- Preview
Amman, the capital city of Jordan, will be hosting the Asian
championships from July 25 to 29. This is the third
major event the Jordan Athletic Federation organizing in
2007 after the successful conduct of Asian Cross-country
championships and Arab Athletics championships earlier this
year.
The men’s entry lists for Asian championships look stronger
with eight defending champions from 2005 edition in Incheon
(Korea) and an equal number from last year’s Asian Games
held in Doha (Qatar).
Among those champion athletes one stood on top of the podium
on both the occasions and already assured a place for
himself at Amman. He is none other than discus thrower Ehsan
Hadadi of Iran who is improved the Asian record earlier this
year with a throw of 67.95m. His compatriot Abbas Samimi,
who dominated the Asian Grand Prix series, is expected to
challenge Hadadi along with India’s Vikas Gowda (64.96) and
Qatar’s Rashid Al Dosari (64.43).
Jordan becomes the second middle-east nation to host the
Asian championships. Kuwait hosted it twenty-four years ago
in 1983. This year’s roster hence aptly included Ali Zinkawi
of Kuwait in hammer throw. Ali, leading with a mark of
77.07m would log horn with Dilshad Nazarov (Tadjikistan),
winner of Doha Asiad in 74.43m.
Saudi Arabian’s Yahya Al Ghaes (100m – 10.28s), Hamed Al-Bishi
(200m – 20.66s) and Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi (400m – 45.64) are
all set for sprint glory in Amman. Their team-mate, long
jumper Hussein Al-Sabee leading the field with a leap
measured to 8.25m. Two other 8m jumpers, Li Runrun (China,
8.09m) and Konstantin Safranov (Kazakh, 8.01) are also
ensures a keen competition.
The Qatari metric milers Kamal Abubaker Ali (3:36.98) and
Dahame Najem Bashir, Bahranian long distance runner Ali
Hassan Mahboob (27:58.88) and Lebanon’s ace high jumper
Jean-Claude Rabbath (2.27m) are leading the Arab challenge
at the continental championships.
India’s Chatholi Hamza and Sajeesh Joseph in 1500m, Surendra
Singh in 10000m and Harishankar Roy in High Jump are ready
to tackle them with their own mettle.
Uzbekistan decathlete Andreev Pavel (8036), Chinese walker
Lu Ronghua (1::20:16) and Korean javelin thrower Park
Jae-Myoung (83.99m) are the other Asian champions to watch
at
Amman. The Uzbek and Chinese expect competition from their
own countrymen while the Korean’s nearest rival will be
Firass Zaal al-Mohamed (80.50m).
Many of the leading women athletes of the continent are
preferred to stay home to concentrate on their World
Championship preparation. However, the women’s list
incorporates four reigning champions from Incheon and two
from Doha Asiad to add colour to the continent’s important
championship.
The defending champions includes Tatiana Efimenko of
Kyrghizstan--the high jump (1.97m) victor at Incheon. The
list also displays two athletes from India in Manjit Kaur
and Anju George. Although not displayed her best at the
recent meets, quarter-miler Manjit Kaur (credited with a
personal best of 51.05 secs) is an athlete who never fails
to rise at the right occasion. For Anju, the Asian meet will
be her last chance to gain a ticket to World Championships.
Her best jump this season so for measured to 6.54m. She
needs to jump 6.60 to realize her Osaka ambitions. Olga
Rypakaova (KAZ) continues to dominate this event with 6.63m.
Asian Games toppers from 2006 making a trip to the Jordanian
capital isThailand ’s surprise winner at Doha--javelin
thrower Buoban Phamang 61.31m). In the absence of Khubbieva
Guzel, Sri Lankan Susanthika Jayasinghe (11.25) have wide
chances to win title, while Emiko Yoshida (57.19) will
spearhead the Japanese challenge on javelin sector. (Ram
Murli Krishnan for AAA)
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 Guwahati,
June 23: Asian Games champion Guzel Khubbieva of Uzbekstan
not only beat her arch rival Susantika of Srilanka for the
second consecutive time but also set the Asian Leading mark
with personal best timing of 11.24s in the second leg of
Asian Grand Prix Series 2007 at Guwahati.
India’s Surendra Singh avenged his Bangkok defeat by Sunil
Kumar in 3000m with an Asian leading performance of
7:57.87s. Sunil settled on second place with 8:15.20s.
China’s Li Ling extend her Asian Grand Prix record by 0.3 cm
with a throw of 18.63m while India’s Renjith Maheshwary set
the new AGP record with 17.04m. He broke India’s longest
standing record of triple jump in due course and became
first Indian to cross 17m barrier.
In 400m races, Asian Games Champion Olga TERESHKOVA
of Kazakhstan faced defeat by India’s Chitra Soman while
Chinese WANG Liangyu remained unbeaten with 46.16s. Iranian
Samimi Abbas continued his unbeaten run in AGP with another
win in Men’s Discus throw with a throw of 60.91m. In spite
of bomb explosion in the city in the wee hours, more than
7,000 viewers attended the first ever international meet in
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Limei ,Asian Games Champion from China set the new Asian
Record in the
women’s triple jump with a jump of 14.73m while Sergey
ZASSIMOVICH of Kazakhstan set sailed over 2.30m in the men’s
High Jump to take lead in Asia with new Asian GP record.
Xie’s record jump came in the last jump after
struggling with runway distance which was quite short for
her. Her 2nd jump was enough for title as no one
was able to breached 14m mark except Xie. Her teammate Li
Qian finished second with 13.85m while SARDI Rakhima of Kyrgyzstan finished third with a leap of
13.76m. Xie broke 6 year old record of fellow chinese jumper
Qiuyan Huang of 14.72m.
Like father like son
Kazakhstan’s
Sergey Zassimovich was unmatched today in the High Jump.
During warm up jump he clearly showed his intentions when he
was smoothly sailing over the bar. Most of the jumpers
failed to clear beyond 2.14m but Sergey was clearing every
height on first attempt with an ease. Sergey was almost
there to emulate his father Sergey senior. But at 2.33m
Sergey failed all attempts. His father is former European
Champion in High Jump with career best of 2.36m. Sergey will
attempt to go higher in Guwahati later this week. Kim Young
Min of Korea and Hari Shankar Roy of India finished second
and third respectively. Both cleared 2.14m.
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 Srilanka's
ace runner Damyanati Darsha hangs her spikes after 17 years
Three-time Asian Games gold medalist Damayanthi Darsha has finally decided
to hang her spikes, ending a proud 17-year career as one of the most
successful athletes ever produced by Sri Lanka. "Every good thing should
come to an end. I have enjoyed my athletics for nearly two decades and time
has now come for me to call it a day," an emotional Darsha said.
Darsha is the only Sri Lankan to win three Asian Games gold medals. In three
successive Asian Games from 1994 to 2002, Darsha bagged two gold medals and
a bronze. She made a dream Asian Games debut winning the women's 200m bronze
at Hiroshima 1994. The 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok saw the peak of her
career when she completed a dream sprint double, wining both the women's
200m and 400m gold medals.
In Busan 2002, Darsha retained her 400m title, wining the gold in her pet
event.
Incidentally, the writer had the fortune of witnessing her at all three
Asian Games she took part, though a leg injury forced her to skip the last
Asian Games in Doha 2006.
Darsha, who is employed at Unichella (which comes under MAS Intimates) as a
Human Resources Executive, said she has no immediate plans to pursue in the
athletic area.
But she hinted her desire to serve Sri Lanka track and field as a coach.
"But first, I will have to gain professional qualifications as a coach. I
just don't want to take up coaching for the sake of doing it. If I return to
serve the sport, then that would be as a qualified coach," she said.
Darsha, who competed in her last international meet at the Commonwealth
Games last year, thanked CEO of MAS Holdings Dian Gomes for his continued
support.
Darsha's retirement will be a big loss and it will be hard to find a highly
talented athlete of her caliber to fill the void.
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Discus Throw record - 67.95m
Minsk, 12 June: Iran’s 2004 World Junior champion Ehsan Hadadi improved his
own Asian record to the new distance of 67.95m at The International
tournament ‘Romuald Klim Prizes’ on Saturday 9 June. He was trained by
Belarussian expert Victor Gutor but nowadays is coached under the direction
of Russian Kim Buhantsev broke his own recently set Area record for the
men’s Discus Throw (24 May 67.88m). On his second attempt the discus landed
at 67.95m. The athlete from Iran produced an impressive series - 65.68,
67.95, 64.93, 67.17, 65.03.
Asian Hammer Record by Zhang
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Asian record were created during the Chinese World Championship trials at
Suzhou when 21-year-old Zhang Wenxiu. Zhang, who placed fifth at the 2005
World Champs, bettered her old record 74.15m set at the Doha Asian Games
last December by 15cm to 74.30m. Zhang won with a huge margin of almost five
metres ahead of Liu Yinghui, who set a season’s best for second place at
69.56m. |
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 Asian
Grand Prix series 2007
Pune, June. 10 : Over 200 athletes from 20 Asian countries will be competing
in the final leg of Asian Grand Prix to be held here on June 27.
The opening leg of the Grand Prix is scheduled at Bangkok on June 19 and the
second leg at Guwahati on June 23.
The prize money on offer for the winners at each venue was USD 50,000,
Suresh Kalmadi, President, Indian Olympics Association said at a press
conference on Sunday.
The meet would serve as a build up for the Commonwealth Youth Games to be
hosted here in October 2008, he said, adding top athletes from the Asian
countries would be participating.
The largest contingent would be from China. Other countries that would be
represented are Japan, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgystan,
Kuwait, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Syria, Sri Lanka, Singapore,
Tazakhstan, Thailand Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and hosts India.
The 2007 series of Asian Grand Prix will have Asian Games champions from
Doha 2006 in the following events—
Guzel Khubbieva (Uzbekistan, 100m), Olga Tereshkova (Kazakhstan, 400m),
Marina Aitova (Kazakhstan, High jump), Xie Limei (China, Triple jump), Li
Ling (China, Shot put) among the women. Two former world youth champions
from China, Xue Juan (2003) and Zhang Li (2005) are taking part in javelin
throw.
Among the men, Asian games gold medalist Li Yanxi (China) will figure in
triple jump along with 2002 champion Fawzi Al-Shammari (Kuwait) in 400m flat
and two time world championship bronze medalist Dai Tamesue of Japan in 400m
hurdles.
The men’s triple jump will also have Asian games silver medalist Roman
Valiyev of Kazakhstan and India’s Renjith Maheswari.Long jumper Anju Bobby
George will lead the Indian contingent of 34 men and 21 women athletes. (PTI) |
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Li Zhenzhu sets new Asian Steeplechase
record clocking 9:32.35
Suzhou (CHN)11 June : 21-year-old Inner Mongolia athlete Li Zhenzhu sets new
Asian Steeplechase record clocking 9:32.35 in the Chinese National Grand
Prix, World Championships Trials. Li bettered Minori Hayakari’s (JPN)
previous record of 9:41.21 from the 2005 Helsinki World Championships by
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York, June 3,2007: Shuying Gao of China set the New Asian Record in the
Women Pole Vault with a height of 4.64m in the Reebok Grand Prix. Gao
finished second to Stuczynski of USA who cleared 4.88m to set new America
Record.
World Record Holder and Asian Champion Liu
Xiang set the world leading mark in men's high hurdles with a brilliant
timing of 12.92s.
Liu was quick out of the blocks but rough over the first three hurdles as
two-time Olympic silver medalist Terrence Trammell ran to the lead. Liu
started to move over the fifth hurdle and went on to win in 12.92, tying
Allen Johnson's all-comers mark from the 1996 Olympic Games and posting a
world leader. Trammell was second in a personal-best time of 12.95, with
Ryan Wilson third in a PR 13.02. American record holder Dominique Arnold
false-started and was disqualified. |
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Philippine Athletics has a new partner
June 1,2007: ISLANDER Footwear has joined the sports community through the
Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association.
Athletics chief Go Teng Kok announced this yesterday after appointing
Antonio Yang Sr., owner and chairman of the Islander Footwear Manufacturing
Corp., as vice chairman of the athletics association during the Patafa
monthly board meeting at the Century Park Sheraton.
With the victory of Patafa chairman Al Fernandez in the mayoralty race in
the City of Dagupan in Pangasinan, the bulk of responsibility, particular in
financial matters, now rests on the shoulders of Yang.
But Yang said he welcomes the challenge of providing support to the Filipino
athletes, particularly with regards to their training and stints abroad as
the country prepares for the Southeast Asian Games which will be held late
this year, as well as the tracksters’ quest for an Olympics berth next year
in Beijing, China.
Just like what our advertising campaign says, ‘iba ang tibay ng Islander.’
Our company is committed to support not only athletics, but Philippine
sports in general,” said Yang, chairman emeritus of the Filipino-Chinese
Shoe Industries of the Philippines and founding chairman of the Quezon City
Association of Filipino-Chinese Businessmen. By Edwin Rollon (manilastandardtoday.com) |
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Chinese star Liu seeks world championship
boost
OSAKA, Japan,May,4 2007: Chinese star hurdler Liu Xiang is
expecting victory at the Japan Grand Prix this weekend as he builds towards
his ultimate goal of a world championship gold medal later this year.
With the withdrawal of sprint great Maurice Greene, the 23-year-old
Shanghai-based 110-metre world record holder is the star attraction and
knows the track well — he has won here on his last three visits.
“I am trying my best to keep my 100 per cent record in Osaka. The race is
very important to me.” said Liu. “A victory will give me more confidence to
win in August.”
The world championships, the last major athletics event before the Beijing
Olympics in 2008, will be held at the same stadium here in August.
In 2004, Liu set a new Asian record for his first victory here, setting the
scene for his performance at the Athens Olympics where he equaled the
previous world record of 12.91 to become Asia’s first Olympic track gold
medalist. (AFP) Japan Grand Prix
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 China's
Zhou wins London marathon
Sunday April 22, 2007: Zhou Chunxiu made history as the first Chinese runner
to win the London marathon as she came home in 2hrs 20min 38sec on Sunday,
finishing ahead of Ethiopia's Gete Wami and Romanian Constantina
Tomescu-Dita.
Asian Games champion Zhou put in a punishing spurt ove r the last three miles
of the 26-mile race to blow away the rest of the field.
Zhou got off to a fast start in unseasonal heat in London but it was her
finish that made the difference.
She finished more than a minute ahead of Wami, the Berlin marathon winner
last year.
Tomescu-Dita, runner-up behind Paula Radcliffe in 2005, passed a shattered
Lornah Kiplagat - one of the pre-race favourites who was in contention until
the latter stages - towards the finish. (AFP) |
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Top athletes clash at international tourney
HA NOI, April 21,2007: Some 344 top national athletes from 36 teams are
battling it out in the International Athletics Championships, which is being
hosted in Ha Noi for the 12th time.
Athletes from Viet Nam, Malaysia, the Philippines and China’s Guangxi
Province are competing for 144 sets of medal in the traditional annual
athletics event.
Among the women’s track events will be the 2,000 metre steeplechase, which
was held in Viet Nam for the first time last year.
At a press conference yesterday, national coach Duong Duc Thuy said the
competition would be an ideal test for the athletes ahead of the Asian
Indoor Games in Macao this September and the Southeast Asian Games in
Thailand this December.
Among the names to watch in the high jump are SEA Games gold medallist
Truong Thanh Hang and Asian high jump champion Bui Thi Nhung - who broke the
Southeast Asia record by clearing 1.94m in the Athletics Thailand Open in
Bangkok in 2006.
Nguyen Thanh Phong will be competing instead of Nguyen Duy Bang, who holds
the Southeast Asia high jump record of 2.25m, which he set at the All Asian
Stars Athletics in Singapore in 2004, but has since retired from
competition. — VNS
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 Dr.
Jegathesan elected chairman of OCA Medical Committee
KUALA LUMPUR, April 19,2007: The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) deputy
president and former Asian sprint king Datuk Dr M. Jegathesan added another
feather to his cap when he was elected chairman of the Olympic Council of
Asia’s (OCA) Medical Committee.
Dr Jegathesan, also known as the “Flying Doctor” for his exploits on the
track during his running days in the 60s, was nominated for the post by the
OCM and was elected unopposed during the OCA Congress in Kuwait on April
16-17.
He replaces Dr Yoshio Kuroda who retires after serving the OCA for 28 years.
“This is indeed a big honour for the country as Dr Jega becomes the first
Malaysian to head a committee in 32 years,” said OCM secretary Datuk Sieh
Kok Chi .. Former OCM president Tan Sri Hamzah Abu Samah was the OCA’s
regional vice-president until 1985.
Dr Jegathesan is no stranger to the medical field, especially in sports,
since he is the honorary medical advisor to the Commonwealth Games
Federation, chairman of the Medical Committee for the Asian Athletics
Association and member of the International Association of Athletics
Federation (IAAF) Medical Commission.
Off the medical field, Dr Jega was a speed demon, blazing the tracks of Asia
to become the fastest man in Asia during the 60s which was also known as the
Golden Era of Malaysian athletics.
After winning the 200m gold at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, he
accomplished a sprint double at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok by winning
the 100m and 200m.
“I feel honoured by the appointment as it was a recognition of my efforts to
contribute to the medical field especially in sports and the area of
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South Korea's Incheon to host 2014 Asian
Games
KUWAIT, April 17 (Reuters) - South Korea's Incheon will host the 2014 Asian
Games after beating New Delhi on Tuesday in a vote by the Olympic Council of
Asia (OCA). "The city that will host the Asian Games in 2014 is Incheon,"
OCA chief Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahd al-Sabah said after a general assembly
meeting.
Sheikh Ahmad did not announce how many votes Incheon received in the ballot
among the 45 member countries saying that the AOC does not give out the
figures.
Yong Suk-shin, chairman of the Incheon bidding committee, said: "I think we
had the better bid...for many reasons such as access to the Games,
infrastructure and experience. We will produce a better Games." Incheon will
be the third Korean city to host the Games following Seoul in 1986 and Busan
in 2002. India has hosted the Games twice before and New Delhi will stage
the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The 16th Asian Games will be held in 2010 in
the Chinese city of Guangzhou. |
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 Chinese retained Asian 50k race walking
title!
Wajima,April 16,2007:China’s Zhao Chengliang lived up all expectations by
clinching the Asian 50 km race walking title in the Japanese city of Kobe on
Sunday (15 Apr) with a season’s best performance of 3:44:26.
Yuki Yamazaki of Japan moved one place better than his last year’s effort by
pushing the 2006 silver medalist Li Jianbo (Chn) to third place. Jianbo’s
time was more than 10 minutes slower than his last year’s effort - 3:43:02 -
when his compatriot Zhao Jianguo clocked a world junior best 3:41:10 to the
victory!
Results:
1. Zhao Chengliang (CHN) 3:44:26 ,
2. Yuki Yamazaki (JPN) 3:47:40 ,
3. Li Jianbo (CHN) 3:53:24,
4. Ken Akashi (JPN) 3:55:55 ,
5. Yusuke Yachi (JPN)
4:04:08 ,
6. Shota Isotani (JPN) 4:11:11,
7. Takahito Otsubo (JPN) 4:24:46 ,
8. Hiroyuki Hirano (JPN) 4:27:21
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March 28,2007: World
Athletics Meet : Taegu Should Be Korea's Mecca of Track and Field
Taegu’s winning the right to host the World Athletics Championships in 2011
has significance not limited to sports and economics. If the Korea’s third
largest city successfully hosts the global event, Korea will be the seventh
country to hold the world’s three major sports events, which also include
the Summer Olympics and World Cup soccer. The economic benefits for the city
and nation will also be considerable. Still, one may find meaning in the
Taegu event in two other, less visible, areas.
Firstly, it is significant that a Korean city other than Seoul and Pusan
will have hosted a global event. President Roh Moo-hyun’s complaint is true:
Too much is concentrated in Seoul and the surrounding Kyonggi Province,
which account for half of the nation’s population and probably its
industrial production. Even Pusan, the largest port city that hosted the
Asian Games is a distant runner-up. So the government should not leave the
preparations to Taegu alone but actively help it to successfully host the
event.
Secondly, it is hoped the championship will upgrade the nation’s
international position in these most basic sports. In addition to Korea’s
No. 4 position in the 1988 Olympics and 2002 World Cup, Seoul has managed to
be ranked 10th in both Summer and Winter Olympic Games. One noticeable
exception is athletics, in which Korea has produced no world _ even few
Asian-class _ athletes except in the men’s marathon. In short, Korea’s
global sports power is like a house of cards.
People often compare sports to life. Extending this comparison, we hope
events in Taegu _ and hopefully Pyongchang _ will help to narrow the gap
between the flourishing and struggling parts and sectors of our Korea.
Additionally, it is hoped the Taegu athletics meet will serve as an occasion
to enhance the Korea’s weak fundamentals not only in sports but also in
economics and other areas. ( Korea times) |
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Japan swept 20K Asian race
walking honours…
Neagari, Japan - 25 March 2007: The Japanese town of Neagari, located in
Nomi district of Ishikawa prefecture, played host for this year’s Asian race
walking championships.
When another town of Japan – Wajima – hosted the above championships last
year, both 20Km and 50Km races were held. Neagari saw only the 20Km races
for men and women being held yesterday (25 Mar). However, Wajima will once
again witness the best of the asian walkers log horn in the grueling 50Km
race on April 15.
Kochiro Morioka of Japan, sixth at world juniors at Grosseto three years
ago, led the race initially. His compatriot Takayuki Tanni, a silver
medalist in asian juniors in 2001, overcome the challenge to win the event
1:21:09. While Morioka defended his second place from 2006 clocking 1:21:30,
Akihiro Sugimoto completed the Japanese sweep of medals in the men’s section
with a time of 1:23:17.
The women’s race, host’s Mayumi Kawasaki bettered the national mark with a
time of 1:28:57. While Sachiko Konishi – asian junior champion in 2001 –
finished second in 1:33:05, Korea’s Kim Mi-Jung thwarted another Japanese
sweep of medals by taking the bronze at 1:34:54.
Ram. Murali Krishnan
Results: (all JPN, unless stated)
Men:
1. Takayuki Tanii 1:21:09, 2. Konichi Morioka 1:21:30, 3. Akihiro Sugimoto
1:23:17, 4. Masato Yoshihara 1:23:27, 5. Isamu Fujisawa 1:23:33, 6. Yusuke
Suzuki 1:25:48, 7. Yuki Matagawa 1:26:23, 8. Shin Il-Yong (KOR) 1:26:50, 9.
Hiroyuki Hirano 1:26:59, 10. Shutaro Matsuo 1:27:20, 11. Kyohei Shimizu
1:27:21, 12. Yuma Murakami 1:28:24, 13. Daisuke Kojima 1:28:31, 14. P.S.
Jalan (IND) 1:28:35, 15. Katsuya Ueda 1:28:53.
Women:
1. Mayumi Kawasaki 1:28:57 (National Record), 2. Sachiko Konishi 1:33:05, 3.
Kim Mi-Jung (KOR) 1:34:54, 4. Kumi Otoshi 1:35:04, 5. Naomi Hakamada
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20: Kenyan long-distance runners dominated the 2007 Kuala Lumpur
International Marathon (KLIM) . Cyprian Kiogara clocked two hours 17 minutes
and 38 seconds, a new record for the men’s category. Kiogara is the sixth
Kenyan long-distance runner to have captured the KLIM title since 2000.
He also headed the Kenyan contingent for an almost cleen sweep of the men’s
category of which nine of the top 10 spots were dominated by their athletes.
Kiogara received RM25,000 for his effort with Lewis Abraham Ondati
(2’17:57s) and William Kiptoo Koech (2’19:21s) receiving RM20,000 and
RM10,000 respectively.
In the women’s 42km category, Winfridah Kwamboka Nyasik, also from Kenya,
bettered the time registered by China’s Xu Si of 2’53.32s in last year’s
championship, clocking 2’48:09s to come out top.
Nyasik walked away with RM15,000 for her win, while China’s Wang Shidan who
clocked 2’52:59s and Sunisa Sailomyen of Thailand (2’55:14s) collected
RM10,000 and RM5,000 respectively.
Best Malaysian in the 42km marathon race was Shaharudin Hashim in 2’41:41s
for 21st placing in the men’s category, while S. Devamani topped the women’s
category for Malaysia by coming in sixth in 3’10:28s.
The run attracted about 8,100 participants, including 1,200 participants in
the full marathon. This is a new record for the organisers as only 7,000
participated in last year’s championship.
The 2007 Kuala Lumpur International Marathon was jointly organised by AmBank,
Federal Territory Amateur Athletics Association and Kuala Lumpur City Hall
with total prize money of RM300,000. For more details visit
http://www.klmarathon.gov.my/
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19: Chinese teenager Zhang refreshes Asian indoor pole vault record
Chinese teenager Zhang Yingning jumped over 4.46 meters to refresh the
women's Asian indoor pole vault record here on Thursday.
The 17-year-old, who was competing in the Shanghai leg of the 2007 China's
national indoor athletics championships, also booked a ticket for the
Beijing Olympic Games with the brilliant result. The previous record of 4.45
meters was set by Chinese No. 1 pole vaulter Gao Shuying in March 2002.
Zhang, a rising star, has also qualified for this year's world athletics
championships to be held in Osaka, Japan. Source: Xinhua |
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 Lee
Tops Seoul Marathon
SEOUL (Yonhap), March 18 : South Korea’s Lee Bong-ju cruised to an
unchallenged victory at the Seoul International Marathon on Sunday after
passing Kenya’s Paul Kiprop Kirui in a late burst.
The 36-year-old Lee, winner of the 2001 Boston Marathon, crossed the finish
line with a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes, 4 seconds to win the race in the
South Korean capital.
Kenya’s Kirui finished 25 seconds behind Lee and another Kenyan runner Laban
Kipkemboi came third, 9 seconds behind Kirui.
Lee had not won this kind of international event since the Boston Marathon.
In the 2002 Asian Games in Pusan, South Korea, he won the marathon gold
medal.
He joined the leaders around the 30-kilometer mark, however, following Kirui
who started to lead the race after 35 kilometers.
With about 1.5 kilometers to go, Lee passed Kirui and ran uncontested to the
finish line.
“By participating in a couple of half-marathons, I tried to keep in good
shape during the last three months and it had a good result today,” Lee said
after his victory.
“I know I am not so fast, but I believed in my endurance which really helped
me win the race.” (Korea times) |
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 March
18, 2007, Doha: Double world steeplechase champion Saif Saaeed Shaheen
has said he will not run in next weekend's World Cross Country Championships
in Mombasa.
Kenyan-born Shaheen, who emigrated to Qatar in 2003, said he was fit, but
surprised by news that he had been entered for the 12km race on March 24.
"Nobody informed me I was supposed to run... this caught me by surprise," he
said.
Shaheen, who has been battling with injury since retaining his world 3,000m
steeplechase title in Finland in 2005, said he was not mentally prepared to
compete in Mombasa.
"I have no injuries at the moment, but the event was not in my plans,"
Shaheen added. (Reuters) |
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March 12,2007:
Twenty-six runners - eight for the men’s 12Km team, six for women’s 8Km
team, six for men’s junior team and six for women’s junior team - have been
selected for the Japanese team for the 35th IAAF World Cross Country
Championships, Mombasa, Kenya (24 March).
The team was selected from the top finishers from two cross country races –
Chiba International Cross Country and Fukuoka International Cross Country.
Men’s 12Km : Hiroyuki Ono,Yuta Takahashi ,Hidekazu Sato ,Yoshitaka
Iwamizu ,Naoki Shibata
Takuya Fukatsu,Hiroki Matsumura ,Koichiro Nagata
Women’s 8Km: Yuka Kakimi,Yui Nakadai,Miho Notagashira ,Kumi Akaishi
,Tomomi Yuda
Aimi Horikoshi
Men’s Junior 8Km:Yuki Yagi ,Keisuke Tanaka ,Takuro Nakanishi ,Takuya
Noguchi,Shun Kurihara
Takuya Nakayama
Women’s Junior 6Km :Atsuko Matsumura ,Misato Tomoeda ,Marie Imada ,Aya
Nagata,
Yoshie Maeda ,Yukari Sahaku
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 Amman,
11 March 2007: Asian Cross Country Athletic Championship 2007
Oman has embraced the Asian Cross Country Championship for the first time on
the field Albcharat golf in Ghamdan under the auspices of His Royal Highness
Prince Faisal Bin Al-Hussein, head of the Olympic Committee, which was
commissioned by Vice-d. Mamoun Noureddine.
Asian Games champion
Maryam Jamal won Bahrain's gold in the women's eight-km event which was
dominated by the Bahrainis who took the second and third positions through Karima Jassim and Nadia Ejjafini respectively.
In the team category, Bahrain was first overall in the women's section,
followed by South Korea in second place and China third. Bahrain men's team
were second overall behind winners Qatar and ahead of South Korea. India's
twin sisters Monika Raut and Rohini Raut finished one-two in the junior
women's 6km race. Third place went to host runner Merwan.
Champion perseverance
Iranian popular Jvabadi participated in the 8-km race for women, did not
complete the race but won the title of champion persevere! Iranian collapsed
just before the finish line, and took place staggered result of exhaustion
and rapidly fell on the ground. Advancement tried but fell on the edge, and
then tried to crawling on her hands and knees, left organizers trying time
for a moment of respect for the perseverance and attempt to complete the
race.
 A total
of 20 countries took part in this championship which consisted of distances
ranging from 12-km for seniors, six km for under-21 and an eight-km event
for women.
At the end of the championship Noureddine and Suresh Kalmadi president of
the Asian Athletics and Maurice Nicolas, secretary and Treasurer of Asian
Federation, Saad Hyassat President of the Federation of Athletics of Jordan
and the representative of sponsoring company Samsung gave away the winners
medals.
Results of the championship:
Individual Races:
Men 12-km |
Junior Men 8-km |
Women 8-km |
Junior Women 6-km
Team Championship
Men 12-km |
Junior Men 8-km |
Women 8-km |
Junior Women 6-km
For more details click on
http://jordan-athletics.org/tenth/English/results.html |
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9th Asian Cross Country
Championship will be held on March 10,2007 at beautiful course of Al
Bisharat Golf Club in Amman, Jordan.
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