Thai teenager Puripol Boonson destroyed the opposition to win the men’s 100m in 10.44secs at the SEA Games on Wednesday and grab a sprint double in Hanoi.
Kayla Anise Richardson of the Philippines won the women’s 100m to add to 200m bronze in the Vietnamese capital.
But the night belonged to wonder kid Puripol, 16, who easily beat the rest of the field to silence the almost wholly local crowd at My Dinh stadium.
“Before the competition I was under a lot of pressure… but I made it and I’m very glad,” he told reporters.
The teenager had already…
