Samas shine in Thailand Masters
Sabah Masters Athletics Association (Samas) athletes bagged 13 gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the just concluded Thailand Masters Open Athletic Championships in Nakhon Sawan.
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Masters Athletics Association (Samas) athletes bagged 13 gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the just concluded Thailand Masters Open Athletic Championships in Nakhon Sawan.
The achievement ensured Samas exceeded their 10gold target at the three-day championship.
“Congratulations to all the medal winners. I’m so proud that our small team of 16 athletes successfully brought home 18 medals in total, 13 of which are gold medals.
“This is a strong indication that Samas athletes should do better in the Asian Masters Athletics Championships (AMAC) in December 2019,” he was quoted in an email to the press yesterday.
Samas president Aliudin Jumat, on the other hand, mentioned that the incentive of RM25,000 from Youth and Sports Ministry, which they received prior to leaving for Thailand, had certainly boosted the team spirit and contributed to their fine performance.
Juliana Gumpil led the gold rush when she won four gold medals in the 100m, 80m hurdles, long jump and triple jump events of the women’s 55-59 age group.
Tay Yu Eng (women 65-69) contributed three golds from shot put, discus and javelin while Hj Tarmizi Sandhu (men 65-69) and Aliudin (men 60-64) contributed two golds each.
Tarmizi won gold in discus and javelin while Aliuddin in the high jump and 100m hurdles.
Charlie Lee (men 60-64) and Saidi Kailu (men 40-45) delivered one gold each from the 200m and high jump events respectively.
Tarmizi also added a silver medal to his collection from the shot put event with Pirin Berangin (women 60-64) in the shot put and Larry Andang (men 40-44) in the triple jump finishing second in their respective categories.
Margaret Petrus (women 5059) and Charlie Lee (men 60-64) contributed the bronze medals from long jump and 400m event respectively.
For the record, the AMAC will take place in Kuching, Sarawak on December 26.