Watson looking good for Asiad

31/10/1998

NATIONAL sprinter Watson Nyambek looked comfortable clocking 10.34 for the
inter-bank championship century sprint gold at Merdeka Stadium yesterday.
He just missed his National record by a mere 0.04 seconds and it was not
a bad effort considering he did not train for three weeks after the Kuala
Lumpur Commonwealth Games.
"I took it easy because I did not want to peak too early for the Asian
Games," said Watson, who represented Bank Bumiputra.
"In fact, I slowed down a little when the rest of the field was left
behind after 60 metres."
Watson, who won the silver at the Fukuoka Asian Track and Field, feels
that he is good for a medal at the Asian Games based on his national
record and his current good form.
"At Fukuoka I clocked a poor 10.42 but still won the silver as the best
in Asia did not take part," said Watson.
"But they will surely be there for the coveted Asian Games gold.
"The Chinese and Japanese runners will be hard to beat but my aim is to
better my national record and if I win any medal, it would be a bonus."
Watson, who was recently awarded an International Olympic Committee
scholarship, still habours hope of training under former world champion
Linford Christie.
"I would prefer to train in Malaysia following his training programme
and only head for Britain a few weeks before major championships for
direct coaching.
"I feel better training at home because we have excellent training
facilities.
"The team doctor and my physiotherapist will be on hand to help me as
well."
G. Shanti of Maybank had no challengers in the women's 100m, and sailed
home in 11.70.
Josephine Job, also of Maybank, won the silver in a time of 11.80.
Yazid Parlan of Maybank, who holds the javelin national record of
73.74m, could only manage 54.78m for the silver medal.
The gold was won by Mohamed Salim, also of Maybank, with a throw of
57.50m which was far from the championship record of 67.10m.
M. Ramachandran of Maybank won the 10,000m in a time of 30:45.21 while
K. Baskaran of BBMB took the silver in 32:32.19.
Results - MEN Div 1 100m: 1 Watson Nyambek (BBMB) 10.34, 2 Hamberi Mahat
(Maybank) 10.42, 3 Sport Suprano (Maybank) 11.13; 10,000m: 1 M.
Ramachandran (Maybank) 30:45.21, 2 K. Baskaran (BBMB) 32:32.19, 3 M.
Arumugam (Maybank) 33:11.85; Javelin: Mohamed Salim (Maybank) 57.50, 2
Yazid Imran (Maybank) 54.78, 3 Gan Chee Keong (Public) 43.50.
Div 2 10,000: 1 M. Rajendran (Arab Malaysian) 38:46.83, 2 M.
Krishnamoorthy (EON) 43:19.13, 3 Yazid Isa (Arab Malaysian) 43:23.97; 400m
hurdles: 1 Le Ban Tat (BOC) 60.32, 2 Maizuri Mahayuddin (Perwira) 61.24, 3
Geoffrey Edward (EON) 63.39.
WOMEN Div 1 100m: 1 G. Shanti (Maybank) 11.70, 2 Josephine Job (Maybank)
11.80, 3 Yew Chai Ping (Ban Hin Lee) 11.90; 400m hurdles: 1 S. Rathimalar
(Maybank) 68.61, 2 Hii Siew Ngiik (Maybank) 71.33, 3 Almawati Kassim
(Public) 72.66; Long Jump: 1 Yip Ching Wan (Ban Hin Lee) 5.00, 2 Josephine
Job (Maybank) 4.98, 3 Fong Sin Lay (BBMB) 4.93; Shot put: 1
Khazarulishikin Mohamed (Maybank) 10.83, 2 Angela Ling Huang (Hock Hua)
10.52, 3 Lee Yen Ling (Maybank) 10.13.
Div 2 100m: 1 Joey Lai Oi Ming (Std Chartered), 2 Irene Ong (Citibank)
14.4, 3 Phuan May Wah (OCBC) 15.0; Shot put: 1 Mashiela Salim (Perwira)
8.27, 2 Mazura Othman (BSN) 7.19, 3 Noreedah Mohamed (BOC) 6.85.
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