Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Commonwealth Games Athletics 2010 (Long Distance)

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By Rameshon
Bsc (Hons) Degree in Physical Education, Loughborough University (1992-1994)
Masters in Education (University of Western Australia, 2005-2008)

Commonwealth Athletics and Latest news of the World Athletics

Prediction in the 5000m Race

Picture 1 - Moses Kipsiro from Uganda may win the 5000m track race.


Moses Kipsiro (right) could take gold in the 5000 metres with his very consistent performance recently in a number of competitions. The competition is predicted be between Kenya and Uganda in the men's 5000 metres. However, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya is also very popular for the gold medal as he was a silver medallist in the Beijing Olympics. He has resilience and has clocked 12min 51.21sec in Doha in May 2010, attaining the fastest time in the world this year. The 23-year-old Eliud is, however, threatened by Moses Kipsiro to win the gold medal because the former has been having a string of injuries and a bout of malaria recently.

Picture 2 - Moses from Uganda has to contend with the world's best performer Eliud Kipchoge, below in the photo, from Kenya to win the 5000m.


The Commonwealth Games athletics championships will be held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium with one final only for the race. The men's 5,000 metres be a great event to watch with the Ugandan athlete Moses Kipsiro and Eliud Kipchoge match. Moses recently has been consistently improving all the time. His regular training partner is two times European champion Mo Farah. Another Kenyan runner by the name of Mark Kiptoo has the potential to come in top three in the 5000m track race as well.

Latest News Commonwealth Athletics Championships 2010
David Rudisha will be opting out of the Commonwealth Games 2010.

Latest news of World Athletics (Sept 2010)
 
09th Sept 2010 (Thursday),  Italy
 
Picture 3 - Yenew Alamirew winning the 3000m race

Yenew Alamirew, the twenty-year-old Ethiopian came to limelight in long-distance with an important 3000m win at the Notturna International meet in Milan northern Italy.

His time of 7 minutes 28.82 seconds (7:28.82) is a lifetime best and is considered the second-fastest time in the world this year.

26 September 2010 (Sunday), Holland
Twenty-two-year-old Kenyan Leonard Patrick Komon set a new world record in the 10 kilometres by winning in the ABN AMRO Singelloop in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Komon won the race in 26 minutes and 44 seconds (26.44). Earlier on, Komon was the world’s fifth fastest in the event with a 27:10 under his belt. The current record is 17 seconds faster than fellow Kenyan Micah Kipkemboi Kogo's previous mark set in Brunssum, the Netherlands (2009). In the race, it was the Kenyan runners coming in first, second and third. It was a clean sweep. 

Pic  4 - Leonard Komon was predicted to break the 10km before the race itself


10km Results
1 Leonard Komon (Kenya) 26:44 PB/WR;2 Sammy Kitwara (Kenya) 27:11 PB;3 Bonface Kiriu (Kenya) 28:08; 4 John Mwangangi (Kenya) 28:10;5 Ezekiel Chebii (Kenya) 28:34; 6 Clint Perret (Australia) 28:58;7 Taha Belkorchi (Morocco) 29:16

Sunday (19 September), England

Haile Gebreselassie (World Marathon Record Holder)
Ethiopian world marathon record holder Haile Gebreselassie took part and won the Bupa Great North Run in Newcastle England. Gebreselassie took a commanding lead and cross the finish line way ahead of the second runner of the race. A winning time of 59 minutes and 33 seconds (59:33) enabled him to have a minute lead from the Kenyan runner up Kiplimo Kimutai. 
 
Picture 5 - A great picture Daniel Ling (right) and I (left) had with Haile Gebreselassie. We were honoured to have a photo session with him, having stayed in the same hotel. We were in England then for the London Marathon (2007)



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By Narayanan

Rameshon has taught in Hwa Chong Institution, plus several schools, and Republic Polytechnic as well. He has won many accolades and he was awarded Merit Award for 1991 marathon performance in breaking the national record of Singapore, at that time. He has made 22 male athletes do a marathon in sub-3hrs. He has made 7 female runners do sub-4 hours for the marathon, as well. He was inducted to the ‘Roll of Honour’  by the then College of Physical Education, organised by Singapore Olympic Academy, in 1998, for breaking the National record repeatedly 4 times, till he did 2hr 24min 22sec).

He also has a Coaching group and he trains them on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7pm at Botanic Gardens. Those interested can call him at 91004369 for coaching assistance, to improve performance. There is also personal training that he does for many in a week. You can e-mail him at swift.rameshon@gmail.com.