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Published on October 9, 2007

Sprinter Nongnuch Saenrat, who lost in the National Games in Nakhon Si Thammarat recently, clocked 11.91 seconds to clinch the women's 100m crown for the second consecutive time.

Overseas runners made a clean sweep of the men's 800m event, with Taiwanese Chen Fu-Pin, fresh from winning the 1,500m, claiming his second gold with a time of 1.53.23 minutes.

The script was similar in the women's 800m when foreigners made it a one-two-three finish. Burma's Myint Myint Aye shattered Thailand's Noodaeng Pimpho's 13-year-old record of 2.10.83 minutes by running in 2.09.47.

Theerayuth Pilakong, the SEA Games record-holder, produced a gold-medal in the men's triple jump after leaping to 15.82m, while Thitima Muangchan, who set a new National Games record of 13.22m, retained her crown with a wind-assisted leap of 13.21m.

Women's shot put gold medallist Juthaporn Krasaeyan and women's 400m hurdles gold winner Wasana Vinatho captured their second gold of the meet. The former won the discus with a distance of 15.55m and the latter taking the 100m hurdles in 13.86 seconds.

Taiwanese Wu Wen-Chien, who claimed the men's 3,000m steeplechase title, dashed 10,000m gold medallist Boonthung Srisang's dream of winning another gold in the 5,000m yesterday. Wu crossed the finish line first in 14.47.70 minutes.

The women's 5,000m gold went to Burmese Phyu War Thet, who set a record of 17.16.34 minutes, while Thailand's Boonket Salon took the decathlon title with an aggregate of 6,540 points. Sompote Suwannarangsi anchored the RTA's quartet to  the men's 4x100m relay gold.

Preechachan Wiriyanupappong

The Nation

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