Indonesia’s Dedeh Erawati is a W35 stud, but has to lower her PR to make the 13.0 qualifying standard for Rio.
It’s a long shot, but Indonesia’s
Dedeh Erawati, 36, “is not giving up hope of qualifying for August’s Rio Olympics,”
said a national paper. She used the recent Asia Masters Athletics Championships as a tuneup. “The three-time South-east Asia (SEA) Games gold medallist (2007, 2009 and 2013) and Asian Games bronze medallist (2009) stepped up preparations by winning her 200m final. Erawati clocked 25.92 sec in the women’s 35-40 [
again, 35-39, numbskulls] category to finish almost three seconds faster than second-placed
Vinita Naithani (28.89) of India. This is her fourth gold medal at the five-day meet. Besides winning the 100m hurdles in 14.40sec on Friday, Erawati also won gold in the 100m (12.43) and 400m hurdles (1:04.22) events.” Rio goal is nice, but the women’s qualifying standards are 13.00 for the 100s and 56.20 for the 400s. “I use this competition as a try-out to see how effective my training has been; the 35 to 40 category is of a pretty competitive standard, so that is good for me.” The paper points out that Dedeh set her 100m hurdles personal best and national record of 13.18 at the Taiwan Open four years ago. She has until July 11 to go 13.0 or lower. “I’m probably going to compete at the Taiwan Open again (on May 19 and 20) to fight for my qualification for Rio,” she said.
Results are here, but I can’t read them.
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