IVP 800m: Tok Yin Pin of NUS runs solo to claim first IVP win
Tok Yin Pin of NUS emerged fastest of two timed finals in the 800m event at the IVP Track and Field Championships to win his first ever gold.
Tok Yin Pin of NUS emerged fastest of two timed finals in the 800m event at the IVP Track and Field Championships to win his first ever gold.
Karthic Harish of SUTD emerged victorious in a tactical 1500m final at the IVP Track and Field Championships, finishing in 4:26.37. Meanwhile, Nabin Parajuli of SIM adds a second gold to his IVP outing this year by winning the 10,000m, as Lok Xin Ying of NUS won the women's race.
Chan Zhe Ying of National University of Singapore clinched the gold medal in the Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic men’s triple jump event with a distance of 14.40 metres, beating his school teammate Joseph Zhao by 0.29 metres.
The margin of victory was only 0.43s and 0.1s respectively as RP's Qabeel Khan and NUS's Celeste Goh secured close victories in the men's and women's 400m finals of the IVP Track and Field Championships.
Temasek Polytechnic (TP) duo Haanee Hamkah and Clara Goh sprinted to a 1-2 finish in the IVP women's 100m final, finishing in 12.66s and 12.75s respectively. In the men's final, NTU's Khairyll Amri came out tops in a race of high quality, with the top four all dipping below the 11-second barrier and all eight finalists finishing under 11.3s.
Nanyang Polytechnic defended their Polytechnic–Institute of Technical Education Games track and field overall title with an emphatic 361 points with Singapore Polytechnic coming in second with a distant 288 points.
Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Shawn Jong defended his Men’s Triple Jump title equaling his personal best distance of 13.94m, which he achieved during his gold medal win at last year’s Polytechnic–Institute of Technical Education Games (POL-ITE).
After clinching two gold medals in the 800m race event and the road race, Kiranraj s/o Suresh completed his hat-trick by steadily winning the 1500m race with a time of 4:31.11.