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KORAT, Thailand: On another day of tumbling track and field records here on Monday, Thailand won four golds and sit atop the athletics medals standings ahead of the final day of competition.
An enthusiastic crowd at the main stadium saw the women's 4x100m team easily see off Vietnam to take gold in 44.00 seconds, one of four Games records to fall on the fourth day of athletics action.
The Thai men's team made it a sprint double just minutes later, setting a new Games mark of 38.95.
Defending champion Boonthung Srisung, 26, of Thailand was a popular winner of the 10,000 metres to add to his gold in the 5,000m and the host nation's Wansawang Sawasdee took the men's discus gold with a throw of 54.13m.
Srisung said he felt no pressure because he was the defending champion.
"I just kept up my pace and form throughout and in the fifth lap I broke away from the chasing pack," he said. "I would like to keep myself fit for the 1,500m tomorrow."
Malaysia's Rayzam Shah broke the Games record in the men's 110m hurdles, winning in 13.91 seconds and edging out Thailand's Suphan Wongsriphuck.
The 19-year-old, who shaved 0.01 seconds off the old record mark, said: "I'm very happy to get the gold at my first SEA Games. I did a lot of intensive preparation and was confident of doing well but not winning."
In the women's 100m hurdles, Dedeh Erawati of Indonesia took the gold in a time of 13.51.
"When I'm competing, I'm not thinking about the other competitors, only focusing on the finish," the 28-year-old said, dedicating her win to her daughter in Jakarta.
Siti Shahida Abdullah took the women's hammer competition with a throw of 52.93m.
The Philipinnes' Henry Dagmil won the long jump, leaping 7.87m to break the previous Games record by six centimetres.
The men's pole vault competition was ongoing.
Thailand, the overall leaders on the SEA Games medals table, lead the way in athletics on 12 golds, followed by Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia.
The host nation enjoyed a winning start to the athletics competition on Friday, taking home six golds from nine events on a day that saw five Games records broken.
But Saturday was dominated by Vietnam and the Philippines, who shared seven golds in track and field, while four Games records fell.
The last day of track and field action is Tuesday, with 12 medals up for grabs including the men's 400m and the men's and women's 200m events.
- AFP/so
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