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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)
London Olympics 2012 - Full of Surprises
The two 10km races for men's open and women's open were amazing watch as Mo Farah from Great Britain was able to deliver a 53sec for the last 400m to win the race in 27min 30.42sec, while Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia was able to do a miracle 59sec for the last 400m race winning the race in 30min 20.75sec. What was more surprising was that Galen Rupp of USA was able to come in second in the 10km men's race, the training partner of Mo Farah.
In women's marathon race, Tiki Gelana of Ethiopia came, not only first but also at the same time breaking the Olympic record in a time of 2hr 23min and 07sec. It was known that the men's race was left to run on 12 Aug, the last day of Olympics, before the curtain close in memory of Philippides.
The 5000m men's race, Mo Farah ran an incredible race to replicate the heroes of the past like Emil Zatopek from the Czech Republic, Lasse Viren of Finland and Vladimir Kuts of Russia, winning two gold medals for 5000m and 10000m as well. In the women's race was won by Meserat Defar of Ethiopia. Dibaba was not able to replicate Mo Farah's feat of getting 5km and 10km win.
The 1500m race, for the women, it was won by two of the Turkish runners by the name of Asli Cakir Alptekin and Gamze Bulut, while pre-race favourite Jamal of Bahrain had to contend for a third position. However, the race was run in 4min 10sec and the race showed that it would have been advisable for Jamal to have pushed the pace of the 1500m race in order to attempt to win the race. In 1500m race for men, the race was won by Makhloufi Taoufik. The Algerian Taoufik Makhloufi had to be reinstated to run in the
Olympic 1500 metres final after he was earlier thrown out of the Olympics for not trying hard enough in his 800m heat. The focus for Taoufik, it was found, was 1500m race and no more 800m race, hence he did not take the 800m race seriously. I think that this was a wise move.
The climax of the race came when David Rudisha ran in the 800m race. The commentator told that the first 400m race was done in 49sec. Rudisha was running without anyone pacing him or leading. It was frontal running all the way to the end. Rudisha was very patient with the speed he was running at first, which was actually very fast indeed. Later on, he started to move away from the opponents when he was reaching the last 200m of the race. Towards the end, Rudisha was on his own. Rudisha broke his own world record to 1min 40sec 91sec, thereby becoming the first in the world history to do a sub-1min 41sec. Earlier, before him, the world record holders were Wilson Kipketer of Kenya and Sebastion Coe of Britain.
Picture 1 - Rudisha ran a spectacular performance to mesmerise the world with his world record feat.
In the 800m race, Russian Mariya Savinova won the Olympic gold when she ran and won the 800 metres race. Savinova, the European woman Athlete of 2011, did not panic when defending champion Pamela Jelimo of Kenya kicked three metres clear down the back straight on the final lap. Kenyan Jelimo paid the price for going off too soon, while after some time, Savinova, 26, took over the rein of the race and then stormed to gold in 1min 56.19sec, with South African Caster Semenya producing a late burst to win silver in 1min 57.23sec. "It's just amazing. Right now I can't feel anything, but I'm amazed. It's been hard work, but it's the Olympics," Savinova told the reporters.
In the 3000m steeplechase race, Ezekiel Kemboi ran in 8min 18.56sec to be crowned as the champion, while Yuliya Zaripova of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan was able to win a gold medal. She was able to get two gold medals won by a woman in 3000m Steeplechase Olympics race.
Finally, in the closing stages of the Olympics marathon race, it was Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda runner, who finally clinched the highly coveted gold medal, eventually. Second and third went to Kenyan runners by the name of Abel Kirui and Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich.
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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.
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.
