Maltese athlete clocks season best
Rachid Chouhal placed fourth in the 100m heats. Photo: Paul Zammit Cutajar
Maltese athlete Rachid Chouhal dashed home fourth in Heat Four of the 100 metres event at the London Olympics this morning.
The 37-year-old completed the distance in 10.83 seconds to equal his best performance of the season. Despite his fine showing Chouhal failed to progress to the first round heats.
Burkina Faso's Gerrard Kobeane won the heat in 10.42 seconds, the fastest time in this morning's heats. Fabrice Coiffic, of Mauritius, was second in 10.62 ahead of St Vincent's Courtney Williams in 10.80.
Chouhal finished ahead of Nepal's Tilak Tharu (10.85), Afghan Massoud Azizi (11.09), Kiribati's Nooa Takooa (11.53) and Cook Islands' Patrick Tuara (11.72).
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Mary Pace
Aug 4th 2012, 21:58
Well done Rachid I have met this athlete and he is a very nice gentleman welcoming every body, always with a smile on his face.
salvatore muscat
Aug 4th 2012, 20:06
why does this nation enjoy their favourite past time CRITICISE, SO MUCH?WELL DONE RACHID,for the rest get a life and bring up your youngsters to love sports not religion or politics.
GL Calleja
Aug 4th 2012, 18:41
Congratulations Rachid you did Malta proud. But that aside, how could Air Malta deviate from that beautiful white Maltese Cross.showing on Rachid's jersey? Poor planning Mr Farrugia and Mr Davies. Return to the original Maltese Cross that was showing on the earlier tail.
J. Scicluna
Aug 4th 2012, 19:37
68% of the respondents on The Times survey like the new livery.
This would be Air Malta's 3rd livery.
The first tail had a white 8-pointed cross on a red field with a blue banner spanning out of it.
The second was a smallish white 8-point cross on a red field.
This one is a much larger white 8-pointed cross on a complete red tail with the added feature of traditional desigens such as the ones found inside the Mosta dome, the luzzu and the dolphins on the maltese door knobs.
It is also a fresh, youthfull and summery feel for a destination airline that it's primary function is to bring more tourists to Malta.
Jeremy Gatt
Aug 4th 2012, 18:23
Bhal ma ghadu jibda l-investiment fil- football malti hekk ukoll ghadu jibda l-investiment qawwi fi sport iehor fosthom hemm l-atletika ...... nahaeb li ghadu kmieni wisq ... ghal dak li rajna f'dawn l-olimpjadi zguwr li ghandna nkunu kburin bl'atleti maltin li hadu sehem wara kollox dawn kienu kapaci igibu il- kwotta biex jilghabu f'dawn il- loghb ta livell gholi
Paul Zammit
Aug 4th 2012, 17:28
well done brother!
Jesmond Chetcuti
Aug 4th 2012, 17:22
a 37 year old representing Malta in the 100m, how low can the younger generation fall...even a fit football player should do that sort of time...
Patricia Mifsud
Aug 4th 2012, 18:28
My thoughts exactly!
Ivan Calleja
Aug 4th 2012, 19:41
Ma tafx xi tfisser taghmel 10.83 fil-100metres ta' ghax kieku ma titfax dak il-kumment!!! Irrelevanti li ghandu 37 years.....jien niftakar lil Linford Christie kellu 35sena u kien wiehed mill-aqwa atleti tal-100 metru!! Tghid mhux hekk....ANY fit football player jaghmel 10.83 fil-100metres!!! Hallina
Peter Mallia
Aug 6th 2012, 14:32
Theo Walcott, officially the faster Premier League player, has a clocked time of 11.52 in the 100m. Enough said.
David Farrugia
Aug 4th 2012, 17:12
I congratulate this athlete, however, I note that several 100m athletes are built like a mass of muscles (Usain Bolt etc.) because a 100m run is an anaerobic exercise (not enough oxygen has the time to transfer from lung to muscle) so basically athletes burn what is stored in their 'large' muscles. I think that given we Maltese can't afford to be pro athletes, we can't maintain such physiques. I stand to be corrected.
Ramon Casha
Aug 4th 2012, 15:19
Well done Rachid.
J Galea
Aug 4th 2012, 13:22
Well done
Anthony Agius
Aug 4th 2012, 12:59
37 year old running the 100m? Many congrats on your excellent time Rachid. Disgusted at fact that no Maltese youngsters are up to it however. Signs of unfit generation to come. Wake up health and sport ministers please. You must be doing something terribly wrong!
Ramon Casha
Aug 4th 2012, 15:18
That's because it's not available on PlayStation :)
A. Schembri
Aug 4th 2012, 17:44
I take it you are over 37 years old ?
If so it suppose the health and sport ministers if any were also doign something terribly wrong at the time when you were young unless you had competed in such events, in which case I shall take my words back.
However, can you kindly suggest to the minister what he coudl be doing to stop people from becoming couch potatoes and drinkign and eating fast / fatty food and instead become athletes?
Whilst I do agree that peo[ple of all ages need to exercise, our few athletes are selected from only a handful of people less than 400000, whilst in other countries these are selected from millions.
J Galea
Aug 4th 2012, 17:52
why do some have to point fingers on everything that happens, obviously when it is wrong or not so good, at the government or the minister or gonzi? x'ghandu x'jaqsam il-ministru? kieku ghadna fi zmien meta l-ministru kien kollox hu pacenzja, imma issa? anzi, fejn jidhol sports inghata u ghadu qed jinghata hafna attenzjoni u sar hafna investiment ukoll.
GEORGE S DARMANIN
Aug 4th 2012, 12:50
well done
Victor Rodenas
Aug 4th 2012, 12:42
As I saw it on TV Rachid started the race very well but he did not accelerate in the last 50 mts.Age must be taking it`s toll. Still, well done.
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