News and developments in Singapore sports
Led by Korawich Tasa (#11) and Jinnawat Russamee (#13), Thailand bested Singapore in the opener, putting a dentIn the Republic's hopes of qualification.
Consisting of Francis Fong, Samuel Khoo, Dylan Koo and Darren Lim, the men's team clocked 3 minutes and 47.36 seconds to place ninth in a 26-team field, but later received a qualification for the final after Poland was ruled out due to a late registration.
Hoong En Qi highlighted Singapore's performance on day three, clocking 27.32 seconds to finish 13th overall in a 66-strong field in the women's 50 metres butterfly event.
Darren Lim, Darren Chua, Dylan Koo and Francis Fong highlighted Singapore's performance on day one with a new under-17 national record in the men's 4x100 metres freestyle event.
Singapore had two wins out of eight matches in the gruelling 10-day NWC2015 campaign, with both wins coming against Asian rivals Sri Lanka.
This came after a disappointing 36-67 loss to Zambia yesterday. Singapore are now left with a final playoff game to finish 15th, the same position that was achieved at the last World Cup.
Singapore are looking to improve on their 15th position from the last World Cup and to achieve this, they will need to win their last qualification match against Zambia.
Singapore qualified for the 9th to 16th position playoffs after having lost 31-75 to Malawi in their last Pool C game which left them third in the first-round group.
