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Two Trebles and SEA Games qualifiers at 2019 IVP Track and Field
Ever since Ang Chen Xiang stepped onto the IVP scene in 2014, save the pulled hamstring in his first year, it has been title after title, record after record. The national record holder won his first gold in 2015 and has held a stranglehold on the title and meet record (14.39s) since. Ang has met the SEA Games nomination standard of 14.43s, and he
Soh Rui Yong wrests back half marathon national record at Houston Marathon
The war on the half marathon national record has been raging since 2014. Since 2010, the season's best times for the half marathon reflect just two names, but the competition has been anything but dull. The high turnover in record ownership between Soh Rui Yong and Mok Ying Ren saw the record drop from 70 minutes to 67 minutes within 3 years. After a
SEA Games qualifying journey begins at Singapore Duathlon for local champions Lam Wai Kit and Phoebe Kee
For the first time since 2007, the duathlon will be contested as a medal event at the SEA Games. This led to the 2018 edition of the Singapore Duathlon being postponed to January 2019 instead. The event, held on Sunday morning at East Coast Park, was earmarked as a talent identification opportunity for Triathlon Singapore as they seek to implement a high-performance duathlon program. This
Third time’s the charm for marathoner Mohamed Iskandar as he finishes on the podium for the first time
Mohamed Iskandar may not have been on top of the podium at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon, but he certainly felt on top of the world that Sunday morning. After completing his third marathon in 2 hours 49 minutes 46 seconds, smashing his previous best by over 7 minutes, Iskandar dropped to the floor, closed his eyes and kissed the ground. “It was like
Lui Yuan Chow sets 1500m national record
“Just go out there and see how fast I can run,” thought Lui Yuan Chow as he toed the line in his season debut at the Victoria Milers meet on Thursday evening. It turned out to be a perfect time trial. Lui clung to the rest of the field who clicked off metronomic 61-second laps. No medals on the line, no sit-and-kick championship style
Soh Rui Yong, Lim Bao Ying national champions at Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon
“This is impossible,” thought Lim Bao Ying as she powered past Mok Ying Rong and Rachel See in the final 10 kilometres of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon. Lim’s best finish was fifth place last year. Clocking sub 3:20 on home soil remained a dream in the wee hours of Sunday morning. That all changed within 3 hours 16 minutes 32 seconds as Lim
“That barefoot runner” is Nabin Parajuli
Running can be a tough sport. Running barefoot? That’s another story altogether. How to run barefoot? Isn’t it painful? Do you get blisters? These are some questions frequently posed to Nabin Parajuli, otherwise known as “that barefoot runner” since he burst onto the competitive scene in 2013. Growing up, the Year 2 SIM Economics and Management student did not own proper training shoes, so
“The moment I’ve dreamed of.” Emma Middleditch’s YOG
A month after placing 11th at the Youth Olympic Games triathlon, the whole experience still seems distant and unreal for Emma Middleditch. And rightly so; her Singapore citizenship was approved barely a week before the YOG qualifier in Subic Bay last June. As if the time crunch wasn’t enough of a variable, the hurricane warning in Subic threatened to cancel the qualifying race. The
The new kid on the block is SEA’s fastest marathoner
(feature photo credit: Elizabeth Campbell) Up till last year, Tony Ah Thit Payne was unsure whether his half Thai roots was enough to represent Thailand in international competition. After all, the 29-year-old Kiwi had spent most of his life in New Zealand. 22 years in Dunedin, where he graduated with a law degree from Otago University. Another four years in Auckland where he landed