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Women’s Asian All Star Athletics Results 2010

EVENT
NAME
COUNTRY
100m
Chisato Fukushima
Japan

Momoko Takahashi
Japan

Tao Yujia
China
400m
Jose Sini
India

Jauna Murmu
India

Zhao Yanmin
China
800m
Maryam Jamal
Bahrain

Tintu Luka
India

Margarita Matsko
Kazakhsthan
1500m
Mimi Belete
Bahrain

Maryam Jamal
Bahrain

Yuriko Kobayashi
Japan
5000m
Kayoko Fukushi
Japan

Hikari Yoshimoto
Japan

Mika Yoshikawa
Japan
100m Hurdles
Lee Yeon-Kyoung
Korea

Asuka Terada
Japan

Chung Hye-Rim
Korea
400m Hurdles
Satomi Kubokura
Japan

Miyabi Tago
Japan

Sayaka Aoki
Japan
High Jump
Nadezhda Dusanova
Uzbekistan

Svetlana Radzivil
Uzbekistan

Anna Ustinova
Kazakhsthan
Long Jump
Yuliya Tarasova
Uzbekistan

Sachiko Masumi
Japan

Wang Wupin
China
Triple Jump
Olga Rypakova
Kazakhstan

Xie Limei
China

Aleksandra Kotlyarova
Uzbekistan
Shot Put
Gong Lijiao
China

Li Ling
China

Lui Xiangrong
China
Discus Throw
Li Yanfeng
China

Krishna Poonia
India

Song Aimin
China
Javelin Throw
Yukifumi Murakami
Japan

Jung Sang-Jin
Korea

Park Jae-Myong
Korea

Men’s Asian All Star Athletics Results 2010

EVENT
NAME
COUNTRY
100m
Masashi Eriguchi
Japan

Lao Yi
China

Kim Gook-Young
Korea
400m
Yuzo Kanemaru
Japan

Park Bong-Ko
Korea

Yusuke Ishizuka
Japan
800m
Bilal Mansour Ali
Bahrain

Masato Yokota
Japan

Mohamed Al-Gami
Qatar
1500m
Mohamed Othman
Shahween
Saudi Arabia

Bilal Mansour Ali
Bahrain

Mohamed Al-Gami
Qatar
5000m
Saif Saeed Shaheen
Qatar

Essa Ismail Rashed
Qatar

Abdullah Ahmad
Hassain
Qatar
100m Hurdles
Shi Dongpeng
China

Liu Xiang
China

Xie Wenjun
China
400m Hurdles
Kenji Narisako
Japan

Takayuki Koike
Japan

Takatoshi Abe
Japan
High Jump
Mutaz Essa Barshim
Qatar

Lee Hup Wei
Malaysia

Rashid Ahmed
Al-Mannai
Qatar
Long Jump
Yu Zhenwei
China

Li Jinzhe
China

Su Xionfeng
China
Triple Jump
Renjith Mahewary
India

Roman Valiyev
Kazakhsthan

Wu Bo
China
Shot Put
Sultan Abdulmajeed
Al-Hebshi
Kazakhsthan

Zhang Jun
China

Om Prakash Singh
India
Discus Throw
Ehsan Hadadi
Iran

Mohammad Samimi
Iran

Ahmed Mohamed
Dheeb
Qatar
Javelin Throw
Yukifumi Murakami
Japan

Jung Sang-Jin
Korea

Park Jae-Myong
Korea

Food

Which country is considered as ‘birthplace’ of Pizza?
Itlay

What is the most widely cultivated fruit in the world?
Apples

Which famous sporting event would you be at if you were eating strawberries and cream?
The Wimbledon Tennis Tournament

Which is the only family of fruit that does not ripen after plucking?
Citrus fruits(Oranges,Tangerines etc.)

If you are eating ‘lentil pufffs’, what would you be eating?
Dal puris

What are popularly referred to by westernized Indian’s as ‘G-Jams’?
Gulab Jamuns

What are the two main ingredients in a finger bowl?
Water and a slice of lime

Which fruit was once known as a ‘love apple’?
Tomato

What is usually put in bread to make it swell?
Yeast

Which ice-cream sounds as if it is named after a day of the week?
Sundae

Current Affairs July 2010 – 3

People

P.T.Usha(to head panel for Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards) has been named chairperson of the selection committee for 2010′s National Sports award

Hockey icon Ashok Kumar to head the panel to pick the Dronacharya Awards

Samta Kumari, a 28 year old of Uttar pradesh becomes 5th woman train engine driver in India

Rudi Koertzen (108 Tests, 209 ODI’s and 14 T20I’s) to officiate in final Test match where Pakistan take on Australia in the MCC Spirit of Cricket Test match at Headingley, Leeds

Apoorva singh has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Global Head – Infrastructure Management Services for Patni Computer Systems

Former captain Pragat Singh of Indian hockey team files nomination for Hockey India President post

Event/Business

Airbus has selected India’s private aerospace engineering firm Quest as its preferred supplier of aircrafts parts

2nd Edition Hyderabad Auto show, four-day event to be held from July 22nd to July 25th 2010 got underway at the Hyderabad International Convention centre(HICC)

Sports

India thrashes France 6-0 in the second hockey Test and takes a lead of 2-0 in the three-match series in Paris

Pune to host 2010 World Billiards Chamionship

Jason Gillespie to coach Kwekwe-based MidWest Rhinos in Zimbabwe

Mir Ranjan Negi former goal keeping coach of India’s Women’s Hocket team to Coach Indian Women Hockey Team

Ponting becomes 2nd batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to score 12,000 Test runs against Pakistan

South African Cricketer of the Year Award

Hashim Amla named Test Cricketer and South African Cricketer of the year

AB de Villiers was named ‘ODI Cricketer of the Year’

Charl Langeveldt received ‘International Pro20 Cricketer of the Year’ award

Ryan McLaren received Newcomer of the Year Award

Technology

Nick lee a 15-year-old created an iPhone application which connects to the Internet for free but the very app is no longer available or suspended.

Microsoft to launch its own hands-free Kinect console in November, to be priced at $150

Facebook account, limits to 5000 pals

Second Six Core i7-970 processor priced at $885 which uses 32 nanometer manufacturing process to run at 3.2Ghz comprising of 12MB of L3 cache has been launched by Intel

Zen mobiles brings Z82, India’s first QWERTY handset with Analog TV and Dual sim(GSM+GSM) priced at Rs.4,799

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