Singapore, February 21, 2012 — In a bid to encourage race walking, the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) is sending two Singaporean race walkers, Edmund Sim and Serene Seah, to the Asian 20km Race Walking Championships in Japan in March.

As part of the initiative, SAA have also invited Mr Khoo Chong Beng to conduct a three-day race walking course for coaches and aspiring race walkers in Singapore.

Mr Khoo, who represented Malaysia at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the 20km walk and is an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Level 4 race walking lecturer, will teach course participants the correct technique of race walking and competition rules relating to the discipline.

Interested participants can sign up for the course — to be held from 16-18 March — at the Singapore Athletic Association website.