Shanti Veronica Pereira became the first Singaporean female to run the 100 metres in less than 12 seconds when she clocked a time of 11.89s in the heats at the 8th IAAF World Youth Championships.
Jordan, a Raffles Institution student, topped the boys’ under-14 discus (1kg) and shot put (4kg) fields in dominant fashion, with 11 of his 12 total throws good enough to win the gold medal.
The 9th Singapore National Swimming Championships came to an end yesterday, putting a close to the six-day meet which displayed the very best of local swimming.
The third day of the 9th Singapore National Swimming Championships saw four national open and age-group records broken, as well as six swimmers meeting the qualifying marks for December’s Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Myanmar.
Quah Ting Wen, Amanda Lim (women's 100m freestyle), Quah Zheng Wen, Pang Sheng Jun (men's 400m IM) and Samantha Yeo (women's 200m IM) met their respective SEA Games qualifying marks.
Singapore emerged as overall champions in the 37th Southeast Asia (SEA) Age Group swimming championships with a total haul of 29 gold, 25 silver and 24 bronze medals. This was an improvement on last year’s tally of 16-16-26.
Here are 25 nuggets of little-known trivia on this year’s Schools’ meet, which will surely impress even the resident ‘statto’ in your group of athletics or sports-crazed friends.
Joseph Schooling broke three national open marks while meeting four SEA Games, three World Championships 'B' and one World Championships 'A' qualifying marks in a productive three days at the ARENA Grand Prix in Charlotte, USA.
