News and developments in Singapore sports
Anitha Kiptum of Kenya won the Women 10K race this morning at the Padang in a dramatic finish that saw her rushed to the hospital in an ambulance for exhaustion. Her winning time of 34 minutes 55 seconds is outside her personal best time of 32min 12sec and also slower than last year's winning time of 33min 46.30sec.
Runners will get to catch Kenyan runner Anitha Kiptum this Sunday competing against elite Singapore-based runners in the Women 10K. The race was won last year by Leah Malot, also of Kenya, in a time of 33 minutes 46.30 seconds.
The Singapore Cricket Club International Rugby 7s (SCC 7s) is making its annual return to the Padang on the first weekend of November.
The decision to shelve the plans to build the Olympic ice-skating rink at the Jurong Entertainment Centre will affect not just Jurong residents and ice-skating enthusiasts. It also means that the Singapore Ice Skating Association's recently-obtained membership into the International Skating Union and Asian Skating Union could be terminated as a result.
Two of Singapore’s Olympic swimmers will be back in the pool once again after a much deserved break. The FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup is coming to Singapore’s shores for the second time on the 1st and 2nd of November at the Singapore Sports School and Singapore’s best will be pitting their skills against the rest of the world, with hopes of doing the republic proud.
Over 250 endurance race enthusiasts took part in a quadrathlon last Sunday off Changi beach Park. The oddly named Quadthlon 2008 - usually spelled 'quadrathlon' - required athletes to swim 500m, inline skate 12km, cycle 10km and run 6km.
