Vietnamese sprinter Le Thun Chinh is in for a big fight with two Filipino-American sprinters in the 100-meter dash of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.
Le clocked a time of 11.67 seconds in the 100-meter dash of the 2019 Southeast Asian trials back in Vietnam last week.
And Le’s time is higher than the time she registered (11.56 seconds) when she won the century dash over Malaysian sprinter Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli two years ago.
This makes Philippine bets Kristina Knott and Zion Corrales-Nelson as strong contenders to unseat Le, who will defend both the 100-meter and 200-meter dash crowns.
Knott, who is preparing in the United States, has a noticeable time of 11.42 seconds during the Asian Grand Prix’s 100-meter event, and 23.62 second best time in the Philippine National Open.
And both performances are beyond the 2017 SEA Games gold medal standard.
Corrales-Nelson has recently clocked a good time of 11.41 seconds in a US NCAA meets early this year.
And that’s lower than the 11.56 seconds and the 23.32 seconds that Le registered during the 2017 SEA Games.
Zaidatul, who is skipping the 200-meters because of an injury, had times of 11.74 and 23.63 seconds to claim the silver behind Le in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash during the 2017 SEA Games.
And the Malaysian has managed to lower her time 11.65 seconds in the 100-meters in an Ipoh meet.
The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association is set to announce the composition of the national team following final tryouts which were held last weekend at the New Clark City track stadium in Capas, Tarlac.
