Bishan Stadium, Wednesday, July 1, 2009 – Zachary Ryan Devaraj was withdrawn from his 800m heat today after the runner developed H1N1 symptoms last night.

Zachary, who finished 6th in the 1500m final yesterday and was slated to run in the 2nd heat of his pet event today, has been advised to stay behind at the Swissotel the Stamford, the Games village, on the grounds that he was not feeling well. The heat went on as scheduled.

In other action on Day 2 of the Athletics championships at the Asian Youth Games, Nurshaishireen placed 5th in the girls’ triple jump final with a personal best of 11.08m.

Over on the track, Inez Leong qualified for the finals of the girls’ 100m hurdles after finishing 3rd in her heat, good enough for an automatic spot in tomorrow’s final. Her time of 16.01s placed her 5th fastest overall.

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