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KORAT, Thailand : Thailand grabbed five athletics golds at the SEA Games Monday to cement their dominance of the medals table, but the triumphs were tarnished by a drugs scandal.
The host nation has now clinched 78 gold medals after winning the men's and women's sprint relays in front of an enthusiastic crowd on yet another day of tumbling track and field records.
Thailand are well ahead of nearest rivals Vietnam, who have 41 golds, and are closing in on their 2005 tally of 87 - with five days of competition remaining.
But the host nation's success was overshadowed by the expulsion of two of their athletes for failing drugs tests.
The Sports Authority of Thailand said a male field hockey player and a female gymnast failed urine tests shortly before their scheduled competitions, and would take no further part in the Games.
"It was quite disappointing and definitely will hurt Thailand's chances to win more medals," the authority's governor, Kanokphan Julakasem, told AFP.
He declined to reveal their names or the substances they were believed to have taken.
At the main stadium, the Thai women's 4x100 metres team easily saw off Vietnam to take gold in 44.00 seconds, one of five Games records to fall on the fourth day of athletics action.
The Thai men made it a sprint double just minutes later, setting a new Games mark of 38.95, while the host nation's Sompong Saombankuay won the men's pole vault, setting a new record of 5.10 metres.
Defending champion Boonthung Srisung, 26, of Thailand was a popular winner of the 10,000 metres, adding to his gold in the 5,000 metres, and Thailand's Wansawang Sawasdee took the men's discus gold with a throw of 54.13 metres.
"I just kept up my pace and form throughout and in the fifth lap I broke away from the chasing pack," Srisung said.
But Malaysia's Rayzam Shah broke the Games record in the men's 110 metres hurdles, winning in 13.91 seconds, edging out Thailand's Suphan Wongsriphuck.
The 19-year-old, who shaved 0.01 seconds off the old record mark, said he was delighted with his performance at his first SEA Games.
"I did a lot of intensive preparation and was confident of doing well but not winning," he said.
In other track-and-field action, Dedeh Erawati of Indonesia took gold in the women's 100 metres hurdles in a time of 13.51.
Malaysia's Siti Shahida Abdullah won the women's hammer competition with a throw of 52.93 metres.
The Philipinnes' Henry Dagmil won the long jump, leaping 7.87 metres to break the previous Games record by six centimetres.
Five Games records were broken in athletics competition on Friday and four fell on Saturday.
And three Games records fell in the swimming pool Monday evening, with the Philippines taking three of the six medals at stake, including gold in the men's 50 metre freestyle, in which Daniel Coakley set a new mark.
Indonesia scooped badminton golds in both the men's and women's team competitions.
Thailand's gold medal haul of 78 puts them well on the way to their target of 150. With Vietnam in second spot, Singapore are third with 32 gold after winning all seven table tennis golds.
Eleven nations are chasing more than 470 gold medals in more than 40 sports at the 24th SEA Games.
Brunei, Cambodia, Timor Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam are all taking part. - AFP/ir/de
Selected results from the SEA Games on Monday.
Athletics - Men's 110m hurdles:
1. Rayzam Shah (MAS) 13.91
2. Suphan Wongsriphuck (THA) 13.95
3. Muhd Faiz Mohammad (MAS) 14.00
Men's 10,000m:
1. Boonthung Srisung (THA) 30:51.66
2. Julius Sermona (PHI) 31:16.75
3. Soe Min Thu (MYA) 31.33.26
Men's 4x100m relay:
1. Thailand 38.95
2. Indonesia 39.79
3. Malaysia 39.90
Men's Long jump:
1. Henry Dagmil (PHI) 7.87 metres
2. Keeratikorn Janmanee (THA) 7.75
3. Mohd Syahrul Amri Mohd Suhaimi (MAS) 7.48
Men's Discus:
1. Wansawang Sawasdee (THA) 54.13 metres
2. Kvanchai Numsomboon (THA) 53.06
3. Mohammad Yazid Yatimi Yusof (BRU) 41.82
Men's Pole vault:
1. Sompong Saombankuay (THA) 5.10 metres
2. Amnat Kunpadit (THA) 4.80
3. Emerson Obiena (PHI) 4.70
Women's 100m hurdles:
1. Dedeh Erawati (INA) 13.51
2. Moh Siew Wei (MAS) 13.61
3. Wallapa Pansoongneun (THA) 13.85
Women's 4x100m relay:
1. Thailand 44.00
2. Vietnam 45.62
3. Malaysia 46.38
Women's Hammer throw:
1. Siti Shahida Abdullah (MAS) 52.93 metres
2. Rose Hwrlinda Inggriana (INA) 50.79
3. Yurita Arianny Arsyad (INA) 49.99
Badminton Men's team event:
1. Indonesia
2. Singapore
3. Thailand, Malaysia
Badminton Women's team event:
1. Indonesia
2. Singapore
3. Thailand, Malaysia
Swimming - Men's 50m freestyle:
1. Daniel Coakley (PHI) 22.80
2. Arwut Napasaen (THA) 23.24
3. Russell Ong (SIN) 23.51
Men's 200m breaststroke:
1. Miguel Molina (PHI) 2:18.11
2. Billy Arfianto (INA) 2:20.87
3. Worrawuti A Paiwan (THA) 2:21.32
Men's 1,500m freestyle:
1. Ryan Arabejo (PHI) 15:53.16
2. Tharnnawat T. Worakiart (THA) 15:58.92
3. Marcus Cheah (SIN) 16:07.99
Women's 200m freestyle:
1. Natthanan J. Krajang (THA) 2:03.00
2. Quah Ting Wen (SIN) 2:03.55
3. Erica Totten (PHI) 2:05.75
Women's 200m breaststroke:
1. Nicolette Teo (SIN) 2:31.96
2. Siow Yi Ting (MAS) 2:32.55
3. Jaclyn Pangilinan (PHI) 2:39.16
Women's 4x100m medley relay:
1. Singapore 4:13.18
2. Malaysia 4:19.33
3. Thailand 4:25.00
Table tennis - Men's singles:
1. Gao Ning (SIN)
2. Nam Hai Nguyen (VIE)
3 Phuchong Sanguansin (THA), Phakpoom Sanguansin (THA)
Women's singles:
1. Wang Yuegu (SIN)
2. Ng Sock Khim (MAS)
3. Anisara Muangsuk (THA), Nanthana Komwong (THA)
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