Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand - Thailand set new Southeast Asian Games records in both the men‘s and women‘s 4x100 meter relays on the track Monday.
The host nation won the men‘s event in 38.95 - 0.16 faster than the mark it set eight years ago - while the women won gold with a time of 44.00 - three-tenths of a second quicker than its record set at the previous SEA Games two years ago.
Henry Dagmil of the Philippines broke his own games long jump record with his first leap of 7.87 and won gold, while Malaysia‘s Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian shaved a hundredth of a second off the 110 meters hurdle mark by winning in 13.91.
In other athletics events, Siri Shahida Abdullah of Malaysia defended her women‘s hammerthrow title, Dedeh Erawati of Indonesia won the women‘s 100-meter hurdles, and Wansawang Sawasdee of Thailand took the men‘s discus.
As he did in the 5,000 meters, Thailand‘s Boonthung Srisung beat Julius Sermona of the Philippines in the 10,000 meters.
In weightlifting, Indonesia‘s Sandow Waldemar Nasution - complete with multiple piercings, tattoos and smoking between lifts - won gold in the men‘s 77-kilogram class with a world-competitive gold in the men‘s 77-kilogram class with a world-competitiveaggregate of 341 kilograms.
In the women‘s, Thailand‘s Khanittha Petanang won the 69-kilogram class and Vietnam‘s Thi Thiet Nguyen the 63-kilo event.
In the first day of action at the velodrome, Indonesia‘s Uyun Muzizah edged Thailand‘s Jutatip Maneephan by four hundredths of a second to claim gold in the women‘s 500 meter time trial.
Source: www.thejakartapost.com (11 Desember 2007)
