369 athletes were selected to represent Singapore at the upcoming South East Asian (SEA) Games in Indonesia in November, 2011. In the meantime, the SNOC have deferred their decision on the table tennis representatives.
Singapore’s final taekwondo representative Christopher Lee was in contention for Singapore’s third medal of the Games when he received a bye to the Men’s 73kg quarter-final. He faced a tall task against current world junior champion Kim Jin Hak and eventually succumbed 12-1 to the mighty Korean.
Singapore's final taekwondo representative Christopher Lee failed to repeat the heroics of Daryl Tan and Shafinas Abdul Rahman as he fell to a heavy 12-1 defeat to world junior champion in the Men's 73kg quarter-finals.
Shafinas Abdul Rahman wins a second medal for Singapore with her bronze for reaching the semi-finals where she lost to Nguyen Thanh Thao of Vietnam in the Taekwondo Women's 55kg.
Nurul Shafinas Abdul Rahman defeated Kiribati's Kaburee Ioane in the Taekwondo Women's 55kg quarter-final to move on to the semi-finals. She sealed the victory 9-0 in the first round.
Daryl Tan claimed the first ever Youth Olympic Games (YOG) medal for Singapore after falling to world champion Rezaei Kaveh of Iran 12-0 in the semifinal of the Men Under 55kg Category. Daryl took home the bronze medal and prior to that, beat Burmese Shein Naing Dwe Shein 6-4 to qualify for the semifinal. On the other hand, his compatriot Nur Zakirah Zakaria was defeated by Canadian Melanie Phan 15-6. Losing on the home ground, Zakirah teared after her game.
Singapore's male taekwondo representative Daryl Tan wins Singapore's first Youth Olympics Games medal despite losing his semi-final to Iran's Rezaei Kaveh 0-6, 0-9 and 0-12 in the Men's Under 55kg category.
The Youth Olympic Games are just around the corner and 130 Singaporean athletes will do battle in the red and white of Singapore. So feel free to express your best wishes to the athletes, especially if they are your teammates or your schoolmate, if they are your brother or your sister, if they are your son or your daughter.