The sprint quartet of Muhd Elfi Bin Mustapa, Gary Yeo, Lee Cheng Wei and Muhd Amirudin Bin Jamal broke the men's national 4x100 metres relay record of 39.58 seconds at the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix Series.
Six championship records were broken on the first day of the Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) Track and Field championships, which saw the National University of Singapore (NUS) stake a strong claim for the men's, women's and overall titles.
Four young swimmers from the Anglo-Chinese Schools broke two National Under-14 records in time trials conducted at the 8th National Swimming Championships.
Singapore swimmer Tao Li qualified for the semi-finals of the Women's 100 metres Butterfly when she clocked a time of 58.34 seconds in the opening session of the swimming competition at the 30th Olympic Games in London.
Singapore's Teo Zhen Ren broke the men's national 1500 metres freestyle open record for the fourth time in less than a year, when he clocked a time of 15 minutes 43.08 seconds to finish second at the First South-east Asia Swimming Championships.
Brilliant Chua set a new National Under-14 record in the Boys' 200 metres Breaststroke when he clocked a time of 2 minutes 27.84 seconds at the 36th South-east Asian Age Group Swimming Championships.
Shanti Veronica Pereira broke her own national youth record in the 100 metres when she clocked a time of 12.24 seconds at the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) Track and Field Series 4 meet.
Jannah Wong delivered Singapore’s only gold medal in the youth competition at the seventh South-east Asia Youth Championships, when she finished first in the girls’ 100 metres hurdles final.
