Nagoya, Japan, Sept 25, 2026 (AFP) - Thai sprinter Puripol breaks own Asian Games record to win 100m gold

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2026-09-25

Thailand's Puripol Boonson broke his own Asian Games record to win gold in the men's 100m in 9.90 seconds in Nagoya on Friday. China's Chen Yujie won the women's 100m in a Games-record 11.06sec to relegate the Hangzhou gold medallist, Singapore's Shanti Pereira (11.21), to the silver. Bahrain's Edidiong Odiong took bronze in 11.33. The 20-year-old Puripol's semi-final run of 9.91sec had eclipsed the 9.92 sec by China's Su Bingtian at the 2018 edi......

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