ATHLETICS / MSSM CHAMPIONSHIPS: Re-run After Technical Rrror

MISTAKE: Jury annuls Under-18 100m final result after false start fiasco

Noor Shahidatun Nadia Zuki leaps to win the Under-18 long jump gold yesterday. Pic by Amran Hamid 

A technical error on Wednesday led to protest by Pahang against the winner Hakim Faizi Rosli of Negri Sembilan, who they alleged should have been disqualified for a false start.NOOR Shahidatun Nadia Zuki completed a jumps double in setting her second meet record in Kangar yesterday but the Malaysian Schools Athletics Championships was hit with controversy after the result of the boys' Under-18 100 metres final was annulled.

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Sarawakian lass beats closest rival by mere two seconds
AMEYLIA Isa of SMK Saratok, Sarawak, successfully defended the MSSM-Milo Girls’ Under-15 cross-country title in the 2012 edition held at Gunung Keriang in Alor Setar. She pipped Selangor’s Manimalar Jegaran by a mere two seconds to win the race. Ameylia covered the 6km race over paddy bunds and laterite road in 24:05s, closely followed by Selangor runners Manimalar and Savinder Kaur, who respectively completed the race in 24:05s and 24:09s.
After completing the race, Ameylia said she was elated to have repeated last year’s success.

“The course this year was not as difficult as last year’s which was held in Santubong Resort in Sarawak,” she said. “It was quite challenging to run over hilly terrain and secondary forests then but this year, it was smooth sailing. “It was not the course that was challenging but the Selangor opponents. I am glad that I was able to remain focused, to overcome the Selangor runners,” she added.

Her success was followed by another Sarawakian lass Mastulrina Daut of SM Tabuan Jaya, Kuching, who won the Girls’ Under-18 category to mark a great double success for the state.

Mastulrina’s winning time of 24:10s over 6km was slower than Ameylia’s time, but it was enough to overcome the challenge of Federal Territory competitor Elena Goh Ling Yin who was placed second in 24:20s. In the Boys’ Under-18 event, Pahang’s Saranraj Sivamani overcame the challenge mounted by Malacca’s Kogilan and Penang’s Calvin Boon Chang Yik to win the 8km race in a time of 28:46s. After the race, Saranraj said Kogilan and Calvin took turns to lead the race until the sixth kilometre mark. “Thereafter, I made my move to go in front and stayed put until the finish. “It is a satisfying result for me as I had finished fourth last year,” said the MSSM 1,500m Boys Class One record holder.