Rain fails to stop Danish, Haziq from reaching 200m semis
NAGOYA: Rain at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium failed to stop national sprinters Danish Iftikhar Roslee and Haziq Akhir from booking their places in the men’s 200 metres semi-finals at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday.
NAGOYA: Showers at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium did not deter sprinters Danish Iftikhar Roslee and Haziq Akhir from securing spots in the men's 200m semi-finals at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday. Danish, competing in his Asian Games debut, secured second place in heat three with a season-best time of 21.04 seconds.
He finished behind China's Huang You Wen, who recorded 20.90 seconds, Saudi Arabia's Abdulaziz Atafi at 21.15, and South Korea's Lee Jae Seong at 21.42. The top four athletes from each heat automatically qualified for the semi-finals, with an additional four spots going to the fastest runners after that. Haziq advanced via the next-fastest quota, crossing the line in fifth place in heat five with a time of 21.44 seconds.
India's Animesh Kujur won heat five in 21.10 seconds, with Thailand's Thawatchai Himaiad and Hong Kong's Magnus Prostur Johannsson tying for fourth at 21.19 seconds. Oman's Ali Al Balushi was fourth overall in heat five with 21.41 seconds. In other news, Thailand's Puripol Boonson, the newly crowned Asian sprint champion, also advanced to the semi-finals after winning heat one with a time of 20.97 seconds.
Puripol, aiming for a second gold medal, previously won the men's 100m final on Friday in a new Asian Games record time of 9.90 seconds. The semi-finals are scheduled to begin at 7pm.
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