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.
An early two-goal lead was not enough for the Singapore cerebral palsy (CP) footballers as they fell to a 5-3 defeat against home side Malaysia in their opening game on Monday.
Singapore coach Mohamed Zainudeen Bin Mohamed H.'s half-time talk was a "wake-up call" to his players, who came back stronger in the second half to eventually secure a win.
Her time of 1:01.61 minutes in the Women's 50m backstroke broke the record previously set by Feng Yazhu in 2012 at 1:03.00 minutes.
Goh took the gold medals in the Women's SB4 100m breaststroke, Women's S2-S5 50m freestyle, Women's S5 200m freestyle, Women's S1-S5 100m freestyle and Women's S5 50m butterfly, shattering the Games Records in the 100m breaststroke and 200m freestyle.
In the 400m final, Zac Leow finished in seventh place with a timing of 70.60 seconds while Michelle Yogasweri Krishnamoorthy clocked a timing of 70.67 seconds.
Tay set a new Games Record of 34.52 seconds in the Men's S14 50m backstroke.
Toh took the gold medals in the Men's S8 100m backstroke, 100m freestyle and 50m freestyle as well as the silver in the Men's S8 400m freestyle.
