Roslinda Samsu News

BY no stretch of the imagination, 2009 has been a dismal year for Malaysian athletics with no end in sight for the trouble plaguing the sport.

THE success of a sport will always be judged by the number of gold medals delivered.

Thailand underlined their supremacy on the last day of the SEA Games track and field competition in Vientiane yesterday, with the Kingdom's sprinters motoring to gold in the men's and women's 4x100m relays.

VIENTIANE : Malaysia won their first Southeast Asian Games football title for 20 years Thursday as Thailand regained their place at the top of the medals table on the final full day of action in Laos.

From Zulhilmi Supaat With two more days of competition remaining and Malaysia's pace towards the 30-35 medal target, grinded to a halt at 29 with only two gold medals won Wednesday.

BE prepared for a smaller harvest of medals but expect quality performances from the Malaysian athletes in the 25th edition of the SEA Games, which officially get under way in Vientiane today with the opening ceremony.

THE Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union may have set an eight-gold medal target for the Laos SEA Games but, in reality, it could be wishful thinking.

KUALA LUMPUR: Pole vaulter Roslinda Samsu has come under fire for her uninspiring performances in the last few meets.

EIGHT gold medals is the target but don't expect any new names to emerge to herald a new dawn for Malaysian athletics at the Laos Sea Games next month.

THE Asian Championships which ended on Saturday merely confirmed what has long been known in the local athletic circle as Malaysian track and field faces a bleak future.

KUALA LUMPUR: Noraseela Khalid, still on a high after winning a silver in the women's 400m hurdles at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Guangzhou on Friday, has set sights on a SEA Games gold medal next.

The Athens Olympic champion Liu Xiang won the men's 110m hurdles comfortably with 13.50 seconds at the Asian Athletics Championships, igniting the passion of home crowd.

KUALA LUMPUR: Mohd Robani Hassan clocked a season best 14.01 to qualify for the final of the men's 110m hurdles in the Asian Track and Field Championships in Guangzhou, China, yesterday.

LEE Hup Wei and Roslinda Samsu face an uphill task in defending their respective titles at the Asian Track and Field Championships which begin in Guangzhou, China, today.

KUALA LUMPUR: High jumper Lee Hup Wei will face a strong challenge when he defends his Asian Track and Field Championships title in Guangzhou from Nov 10-14. The Selangor lad became the first Malaysian athlete to bag the gold medal in the field event in the ATF meet in Jordan in 2007 when he cleared 2.24m. Tough job: Hup Wei has only cleared 2.24m ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 -- After submitting 45 names for the Laos SEA Games to the Olympic Council of Malaysia , the Malaysian Amateur Athletics Union is seeking to increase the number after holding another training camp in Kota Kinabalu in November.

THE Malaysian Amateur Athletics Union has lined up its strongest field of athletes for medals at the Laos Sea Games in Ventianne in December.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 -- The Malaysian Amateur Athletics Union have lined up its strong field of athletes to capture medals at the 25th Laos SEA Games in Vientiene in December.

KUALA LUMPUR: Armed Forces' Mohd Jironi Riduan clocked a personal best in the men's 800m in the Malay sian Open athletics championships at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday to become the fourth athlete to beat the qualifying time in the event for the Laos SEA Games.

Athletes who make the cut for the Laos SEA Games by meeting the qualifying mark have been reminded that it will not be an automatic ticket to the games.