Athletics legend Dick Fosbury, who revolutionized high jumping with his signature “Fosbury Flop,” has died at the age of 76, his agent confirmed on Monday. Fosbury’s agent Ray Schulte said in a statement that the 1968 Olympics gold medalist died peacefully in his sleep early Sunday from lymphoma. “Dick will be greatly missed by friends […]
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KOTA KINABALU: A total 17 participants passed their level one World Athletics Coaches Education and Certification System (CECS) course held at Kota Kinabalu Sports Complex recently. The 12-day course jointly organised by Sabah Athletics Association (SAA), the Malaysian Athletics Association and World Athletics was conducted by Anbarasu Subramaniam and Roselyn Hamero. The beginner course is to
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KUALA LUMPUR: United States-based Shereen Samson Vallabouy is on fire at the moment. The Perak-born athlete clocked 52.27s en route to gold during the NCAA Division Two Indoor Track and Field Championships at Virginia Beach on Saturday. Her timing had also bettered her own national record of 52.87s which she had set at the Lewis
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JOHOR BAHRU, 9th March. –Track and field differ from most other sports because it is solely measured in meters and seconds, where even a tiny fraction of a second can be the determining factor. Hence, the technology to record data from track and field races must be exceedingly precise and accurate. However, it is a
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KUALA LUMPUR: Long and triple jumper Nurul Ashikin Abas may make her Sea Games debut in May under Category B, but she is ready to give an ‘A’ show. The 22-year-old from Perak wants to have a memorable outing in Phnom Penh with a podium finish. Under Category B, the Malaysia Athletics Federation (MAF) will
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KUALA LUMPUR: Penang state coach Tan Chee Leong will continue coaching his son Sriven Tan for the upcoming Phnom Penh Sea Games (May 5-17). Chee Leong had guided Sriven to gold in the 10,000 metre and silver in the 20,000m walk events at the Malaysia Games last year which subsequently qualified Sriven for his first
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — National discus thrower Queenie Ting Kung Ni hopes to become the country’s first women to win a discus gold medal in the history of Malaysia’s participation in the SEA Games athletics competition. Queenie as she is fondly known, however, acknowledged that the feat will not be a walk in the
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KUALA LUMPUR: Sprinter Pengiran Aidil Auf Hajam believes nothing is impossible following his victory in the 200m at last month’s Malaysia Track and Field Championships (MTFC) in Bukit Jalil. The 17-year-old Sabahan upstaged national sprinters Jonathan Nyepa and Khairul Hafiz Jantan to win the men’s 200m final in 21.54s Pengiran now aims to qualify for
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BATHURST, Australia (Reuters) -Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet overhauled favourite Letesenbet Gidey with a stunning late burst over the last 100 metres to clinch the women’s cross country world title on Saturday. Jacob Kiplimo later won the men’s title for Uganda but only the wind whipped up by the approach of a thunder storm about to sweep
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KUALA LUMPUR: State coaches have done a wonderful job in guiding their athletes to some very impressive performances at the Malaysian Track and Field Championships (MTFC) which concluded in Bukit Jalil yesterday. Sabah coach Jumain Taepe produced two promising sprinters, Pengiran Aidil Auf Hajam and Nur Aishah Rofina Aling, who upstaged national athletes in the
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