http://maau.net/blog Malaysia Amateur Athletic Union | MAAU | KOAM | Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:24:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lee Hup Wei barely broke a sweat in defending his gold medal at the National Stadium in Vientiane yesterday but there was heartbreak for Noraseela Khalid, who was pipped on the line in the women's 400m. Zafril Zuslaini sprang a surprise with victory in the men's 400m but it was not ... http://maau.net/blog/archives/417 From Farhanah Azmi VIENTIANE, Dec 17 (Bernama) -- National women's pole vaulter Roslinda Samsu created history when she recorded a hat-trick by defending her gold medal for the third time in a row in her favourite event. She also set a new SEA Games record when she exceeded the height of 4.15 ... http://maau.net/blog/archives/416 GOLD (Four) Cheng Chu Sian (archery, men’s 70m recurve) Teoh Boon Lim (athletics, men’s 20km walk) Tang Song Hwa (athletics, women’s hammer) Diana Bong (wushu, women’s nanquan combined) SILVER (Two) S. Anbarasi (archery, women’s 70m recurve) Md Hadafi Jaafar, Muhd Nurrahimin Abdul Halim (shooting, men’s 50m rifle 3-position team) BRONZE (Ten) Noor Aziera Taip (archery, women’s 70m recurve) Arif Farhan ... http://maau.net/blog/archives/414 MALAYSIAN Amateur Athletics Union (MAAU) deputy president Karim Ibrahim feels the sport is still on course to deliver eight gold medals despite the failure of the men’s 4x400m team to retain the title on Monday. The quartet of Mohd Zaiful Zainal Abidin, Idris Zakaria, P. Yuvaraj and Zafril Zuslaini finished second ... http://maau.net/blog/archives/413 A DOGGED determination to get her hands on a SEA Games medal reaped extra rewards for hammer thrower Tan Song Hwa. The 23-year-old from Pahang, who did not land a medal of any colour at the last two Games, won the gold by shattering both the national and Games records at ... http://maau.net/blog/archives/412 HURDLER Noraseela Khalid ran the toughest race of her life to deliver Malaysia’s first athletics gold medal of the Games in the women’s 400m hurdles at the National Sports Complex Main Stadium yesterday. There was a big question mark on Noraseela’s participation after she suffered an Achilles injury on her right ... http://maau.net/blog/archives/415 By AFTAR SINGH KUALA LUMPUR: Hurdler Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian has not recovered fully from a hamstring injury and he is out of the Laos SEA Games. Team manager A. Subramaniam said that it was unfortunate that the 22-year-old Rayzam would not get to defend the 110m hurdles title, which he won ... http://maau.net/blog/archives/411 Thursday November 19, 2009KUALA LUMPUR: Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian and two other fellow 110m hurdlers have been given another chance to qualify for the Laos SEA Games in the Singapore Open next week. Rayzam, who won the gold medal in the 2007 Korat Games in a record time of 13.91, had ... http://maau.net/blog/archives/410 2009/11/19 ROSLINDA Samsu has refuted concerns that her form is on the slide after below-par performances in her last two competitions. The pole vaulter relinquished her title at the Asian Championships last week after failing to clear 3.80m, which followed her no-height posting at the Malaysian Open last month. Roslinda said she ... http://maau.net/blog/archives/409 Sunday November 15, 2009KUALA LUMPUR: Noraseela Khalid, still on a high after winning a silver in the women's 400m hurdles at the Asian Track and Field (ATF) Championships in Guangzhou on Friday, has set sights on a SEA Games gold medal next. And the 30-year-old is glad to have proven that age does ... http://maau.net/blog/archives/408