Asian Games: Thai sprinter Puripol breaks own record to win 100m gold

Asian Games: Thai sprinter Puripol breaks own record to win 100m gold

READ: Follow Inquirer Sports’ special coverage of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 NAGOYA–Thailand’s Puripol Boonson broke his own Asian Games record to win gold in the men’s 100 meters in 9.90 seconds in Nagoya on Friday. China’s Chen Yujie won the women’s 100m in a Games-record 11.06 seconds to relegate the Hangzhou gold medalist, 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 9.91 seconds had ecli