To'abaita Authority for Research & Development (TARD)

[P.O Box 13, Honiara, Solomon Islands/ Email: tar_development@yahoo.com/ Tel:+677 7424025]

Welcome to the TARD Homepage...{Sore lea tale oe uri fula lamu mai la biu ne'e TARD}...TARD is To'abaita's rural voice on the web

Friday, August 15, 2008

Solomon's Francis Manioru clocks 11.09s in Men's 100m sprint in Beijing

Solomon Islands lone male sprinter at the Beijing Olympics, Francis Manioru, has clocked 11.09s in the Men's 100 meter heat this morning, but was not enough to qualify for the semi-finals after coming last in the heat number 1.

In one of the faster seeded heats, Manioru only managed to settle for the last position after Vanuatu's Kamut Moses who clocked 10.81s.

Jamaica's Usain Bolt who came first with 10.20s followed by Daniel Bailey (10.24s) of Antigua-Barbuda, and Vincente Lima (10.26s) of Brazil proceeded to the semi-finals from heat number 1.

Source: Yahoo 7

Copyright©2006-2010 To'abaita Authority for Research and Development (TARD). All rights reserved