Friday, December 23, 2011

Seela is looking for Olympic Games 2012.


Noraseela Mohd Khalid won the women's 400mh at the 26th SEA Games in Palembang, Indonesia. She clocked a time of 57.41s to beat the 2007 champion Wassana Winatho of Thailand (58.97s) in silver medal position.  Seela, whose best time is 56.02s (2006), and already won three editions of SEA Games with medal in Asian championships, previously had to "reduce" her workouts in September due to an injury. She then spent 1.5 month with her coach Hennie Krival at South Africa to prepare for SEA Games, since she was doing self-training for almost the entire season.
Statistics for Seela during 2011 season as below:

Date Place Position Time(sec)
15.11.11 Palembang 1 57.41
25.06.11 Nivelles BEL 3 57.98
01.06.11 Dessau GER 3 58.49
09.07.11 Kobe JPN 7 58.53
13.06.11 Rehlingen GER 4 58.62
15.05.11 Alor Star 1 58.71
08.06.11 Kassel GER 6 58.73
08.07.11 Kobe JPN 4 heat 1 58.91


Now, she is waiting for a chance to preparing herself to qualify for Olympic Games 2012.
Malaysian loves you and supports you, Seela. Keep fighting!!!

Friday, December 16, 2011

MAAU needs a more drastic approach



KUALA LUMPUR, 9 DECEMBER, 2011: The Malaysian Amateur Athletics Union (MAAU) needs a more drastic approach to ensure its achievement does not continue to slide, especially at the Southeast Asian level.
Minister of Youth and Sports Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said the achievement of six gold medals through athletics at the SEA Games in Indonesia recently was unsatisfactory as five of the gold medals were contributed by senior athletes.
"We need to see where we have gone wrong. Development? Management? It was the older athletes such as Noraseela Mohd Khalid and Roslinda Samsu who delivered the gold medals.
"We want to see new faces, the second liners. This is what we hope for at the next SEA Games in Myanmar in two years time," he told reporters after attending the Sport Incentive Scheme (Shakam) presentation ceremony at Stadium Juara, Bukit Kiara, here today.
At the ceremony, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak presented Shakam incentives worth RM629,996 to 91 athletes who had contributed to the 59 gold medals won at the Indonesian SEA Games recently.
Meanwhile, MAAU president Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said any issue relating to the organisation including suggestions by certain quarters that the MAAU supreme council submitted their resignations could not be decided hastily.
"The matter could only be decided by the supreme council. Let the council do its work," he said.