Asian Grand Prix 2012 – Leg 3 Results

Photo: Anti-clockwise from bottom left, Calvin Kang, coach Melvin Tan, Md. Amirudin, Lim Yao Peng, Lee Cheng Wei, Md. Elfi Mustapa and Gary Yeo.

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Our boys in Thailand have ran their final race for the Asian Grand Prix earlier, held in Chonburi, and below are their results:

In the men 4x100m final, the team from Singapore held their own as the event saw all the six teams produced a sub-40 seconds performance. Our team although finishing last, they ran a credible effort of 39.73 seconds. That timing alone is ranked #2 on the all-time list for the fastest time ran by a Singapore team in the relay event.

The race was won by the team from Taipei who clocked 39.23 seconds, while the Republic saw a different line-up from the team last week where they sprinted to a new national mark of 39.58 seconds. The relay coach Melvin Tan tinkered by replacing Gary Yeo who is nursing a hamstring strain with Md. Elfi Mustapa.

4x100M RESULT
1. Taipei – 39.23s
2. Hong Kong – 39.27s
3. China – 39.31s
4. Korea – 39.34s
5. India – 39.56s
6. Singapore – 39.73s (Calvin Kang, Md. Elfi, Lee Cheng Wei, Md. Amirudin)

While in the individual events, Calvin Kang and Md. Amirudin Jamal ran the 100m final. Both athletes were slotted for the ‘B’ race, where they equally shared the same electronic timing in a heavily wind resisted race. The windspeed of -2.8m/s was recorded for this final alone, and the eventual winner was Al Sooli Abdullah from Oman finishing in 10.82 seconds.

100M OVERALL RANKING
1 Zheng Pei Meng CHN 10.41 -3.1
2 Ghasemi Reza IRI 10.56 -3.1
3 Zheng Dongsheng CHN 10.65 -3.1
4 Abepitiyage Shehan Sadaruwan SRI 10.67 -3.1
5 Al Sooli Abdullah OMA 10.82 -2.8
6 Ali Liaqat PAK 10.82 -3.1
7 Farrel Octaviandi INA 10.88 -3.1
8 Kang Li Loon Calvin SIN 10.98 -2.8
9 Mohammad Amirudin Bin Jamal SIN 10.98 -2.8
10 Liang Tse Ching TPE 10.98 -2.8
11 Iswandi INA 10.98 -2.8
12 Sathoengram Jaran THA 11.00 -2.8
13 Ho Man Lok HKG 11.11 -2.8
14 Ho Ping Kwan HKG 11.14 -2.8

We’re proud of you guys. Have a safe journey back home.

Photo courtesy of James Wong.

Related Links:
SAA page on 2012 Asian Grand Prix Series