Team Singapore's Nur Syahidah Alim may have retained her gold medal in the women's individual compound open final at the ASEAN Para Games on Thursday but has loftier goals in mind as she hopes to inspire more to pick up the sport.
Singapore will field its largest away contingent of 569 athletes for a Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur this August. The athletes will take part in 35 sports at the 29th SEA Games. Four sports – cricket, ice hockey, ice skating, and indoor hockey – will be contested for the first time at the Games.
Senior Minister of State at Ministry for Culture, Community and Youth, Sim Ann, paid a visit to national para-archers during a training session this afternoon to show her support for the upcoming ASEAN Para Games.
The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) has released the list of athletes representing Singapore at the upcoming 28th SEA Games. There will be a total of 748 athletes and 230 officials representing 36 sports from Singapore.
Singapore won four gold, six silver and 15 bronze medals at the 17th edition of the Games.
Singapore completed their 17th ASEAN University Games outing with a total medal tally of four golds, six silvers and 15 bronzes.
After judge David Tan made a careful measurement, it turned out that their arrows were at exactly the same distance from the centre, a rare occurrence.
Myk Yan Meng edged out Tan Si Lie in a one-arrow shootout while NP won 11 golds, 7 silvers and 3 bronzes to win the overall title.
