TRACK & FIELD

48th National Inter-Primary School Track & Field Championships 2007
D-Boys 800m Final
Wednesday, 11 July 2007 at Bishan Stadium

Story and pictures by Leslie Tan. © Red Sports/soulbreath pictures

Goutham Selvarajoo beat off a late challenge from Rahul Jayaprabha to win the 800m gold in a time of 2:42.78mins. Goutham of Ang Mo Kio Primary, was leading comfortably but Rahul of Temasek Primary stepped up the pace and almost caught him. Raful finished just behind in 2:42.95min while Putera Amyrul Haziq of Kuo Chuan Presbyterian came in third with a time of 2:45.15min.

With less than 50m to go, Rahul Jayaprabha of Temasek Primary sprints to catch up with Goutham Selvarajoo of Ang Mo Kio Primary. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports


Running almost neck-and-neck with determination written all over his face, Rahul (left) almost catches up with Goutham. However, he eventually finished second, a mere 0.17s behind. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

Editor’s note: More shots in the Picture Gallery.