In the 800m and 1500m race the same set of runners by the name of Truong Thanh Hang (Viet), Do Thi Thao (Viet) and Olivia Sadi (Indo) came in 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the respective races. As for the other races, 3000m steeplechase race, 5000m, 10000m and marathon, again the Indonesians were tops for these races. The 'power-puff' women of the day were Triyaningsih who scored a hattrick for the 5000m, 10000m and marathon races. This feat is one of the rarest in SEA Games. Three golds were won by her. Indonesia will be proud of her.
As for Singapore women, in the marathon, Anne Date had to stop the race somewhere at the 39km for she suffered heat exhaustion. Renuka came in 5th in the 5000m race with a time of 38min 50sec.
Picture 1 - Vietnam runner Truong Thanh Hang wins 2 gold medals in 800m and 1500m in Palembang.
800m
01 Viet 2min 02.65sec Truong Thanh Hang
02 Viet 2min 05.62sec Do Thi Thao
03 Indo 2min 08.41sec Olivia Sadi
1500m
01 Viet 4min 15.75sec Truong Thanh Hang
02 Viet 4min 18.94sec Do Thi Thao
03 Indo 4min 21.19sec Olivia Sadi
3000m Steeplechase
01 Indo 10min 00.58sec Rini Budiarti
02 Viet 10min 04.42sec Nguyen Thi Phuong
03 Indo 10min 48.97sec Yulianingsih
5000m
01 Indo 16min 06.37sec Triyaningsin
02 Mya 16min 12.23sec Phyu War Thet
03 Indo 16min 31.85sec Rini Budiarti
10000m
01 Indo 34min 52.74sec Triyaningsin
02 Viet 36min 04.83sec Pham Thi Rinh
03 Viet 36min 16.84sec Pham Thi Hien
Marathon
01 Indo 2hr 45.35sec Triyaningsih
02 Mya 2hr 46.37sec Ni Lar San
03 Viet 2hr 48.43sec Pham Thi Binh
Picture 2 - Triyaningsih is the women of the day with 3 gold in 5000m, 10000m and marathon race.
Note:
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.
