Piriyah breaks 400m hurdles national record at Asian Junior Championships

By Erwin Wong/Red Sports and Colin Tung/Red Sports

Hanoi, Vietnam, Saturday, July 2, 2010 — T Piriyah broke the national record for the women’s 400m hurdles when she clocked 1 minute 1.69 seconds at the 14th Asian Junior Athletics Championships.

Piriyah finished third in the race.

Piriyah set the previous national record time of 1:02.74 in the Pahang Open in May 2010, breaking the 1:02.80 mark that had belonged to Norshidah Mohd Ali since 1984.

In the men’s 800m heats, Singapore’s Zachary Devaraj finished in 2:00.47 and missed making the final by just two tenths of a second. The eighth and last qualifier from Thailand clocked 2:00.22.

Singapore’s Ranjitha Raja made it to the final of the women’s 800m and finished fifth in 02:24.4.

In the men’s 100m semi-finals, Shahrir Anuar clocked a 11.51 seconds while Donovan Chan ran a 11.55. Both did not qualify for the final.

The fastest qualifier out of the semi-finals was China’s Zheng Dongsheng with a 10.89s.

Singapore Results
Men’s 100m Heats
Shahrir Anuar — 11.46 (wind speed -2.5m/s) (10th out of 20 competitors)
Donovan Chan — 11.66 (-1.9 m/s) (15th out of 20)

Men’s 100m Semi-Finals
Shahrir Anuar — 11.51 (no wind speed indicated) (16th out of 22)
Donovan Chan — 11.55 (no wind speed indicated) (18th out of 22)

Men’s 400m Heats
R Avinash — 50.15 (15th out of 22)
Loh Guo Pei — 50.77 (17th out of 22)

Men’s 800m Heats
Zachary Devaraj — 2:00.47 (9th out of 11)

Men’s 400m Hurdles Heats
Luqman Zamrot — 01:00.75 (13th out of 13)

Men’s 4x400m Relay Final
J Simon Saravanan, R Avinash, Loh Guo Pei and Zachary Devaraj — 3:22.54 (6th out of 8 )

Men’s Pole Vault Final
Sean Lim — Did not start

Women’s 100m Heats
Prasad Dipna Lim — 12.46 (no wind speed indicated) (13th out of 20)
Liang Wei — 13.00 (no wind speed indicated) (19th out of 20)

Women’s 200m Heats
Valerie Loo — 28.00 (17th out of 19)
Prasad Dipna Lim — Did not start

Women’s 400m Heats
Wendy Enn — 01:03.73 (16th out of 18)

Women’s 800m Final
Ranjitha Raja — 02:24.4 (5th out of 8 )

Women’s 100m Hurdles Heats
Goh Wei Ning — Did not finish

Women’s 400m Hurdles Final
T Piriyah — 01:01.69 (3rd out of 6) (National record)

Women’s Steeplechase 3000m Final
Yvonne Lin — 13:29.43 (6th out of 6)

Women’s Long Jump Final
Nurul Jannah Bte Mohd Zulkifli — 5.28m (+3.68 m/s) (9th out of 10)

Women’s Discus Final
Chan Zhi Xuan — 35.94m (8th out of 9)

Women’s Shot Put Final
Hannah Lee — 11.60m (5th out of 5)