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Vera Wah clinches first National Schools Cross Country title in her swan song
Since 2015, Vera Wah never finished outside the top three at the National Schools Cross Country Championship. Every time she made a run for the title, new rivals rose to the challenge. On Wednesday morning at Bedok Reservoir, well after 9 am under a blistering sun, Wah broke the tape first in the 'A' Division. She'd finally broken the curse. Wah earned double honours
Staff blog: Doing our part for the environment through sports
Even before founding Second Wind Nation, sports were powerful vehicles for my intentions. When I set a goal, maintaining fitness for example, at the end of the workout, I was one step closer to achieving it. Sometimes, when I had a key race, my entire lifestyle revolved around that single intention. But what if the intention is to be more eco-friendly? The connection between sports
Nedunchezian Selvageethan runs the only sub-2 800m en route to victory
Leading a race was a novel concept. Winning gold and bagging a massive PB was the cherry on top. Even then, Nedunchezian Selvageethan, Selva for short, felt that he had room to improve. “(Running from the front is) kinda new,” said Selva. He led the entire race to win the ‘A’ Division Boys 800m crown in a PB of 1 minute, 59.44 seconds, three
From hospital bed to ‘A’ Division 800m champion
Close finishes aren’t a foreign concept to Phoebe Tay. In 2017, Tay held on to win her first 800-metre title just 0.06s ahead of the runner-up. On a cloudless Monday morning at Choa Chu Kang Stadium, that difference wasn’t quite as close – she won in 2:31.98, just 0.33s ahead of silver medalist Vera Wah. Nonetheless, it was the “most painful 100m” Tay had
Soh smashes national marathon record at Seoul Marathon in 2:23:42
The road to the national record was anything but smooth for Soh Rui Yong. He first flirted with the previous record of 2 hours 24 minutes 22 seconds at the 2016 Chicago Marathon with his then PR of 2:24:55. At the 2018 Berlin Marathon, Soh slowed in the closing kilometres to finish seconds away from his PB. On a frigid Sunday morning that registered 0 degree Celsius
From recreational multisport athlete to top-ranked half-marathoner
Even though Serena Teoh took up sports as an extracurricular for most of her school life, she never fully identified as an athlete. Ironic, considering that the 31-year-old recorded Singapore’s second-fastest half marathon time of 1 hour 22 minutes 7 seconds at the Gran Canaria Half Marathon in January. (Earlier reports listed Teoh as the unofficial half marathon record holder when she surpassed Mok
Claire Adorna and Kim Kilgroe aim to put Philippines on the map at Super League Triathlon
“Excited and nervous” is Claire Adorna’s mindset entering the Super League Triathlon this weekend. Kim Kilgroe is “scared sh*tless,” but she craves that level of pressure in her pursuit of improvement. Both Filipinos have the same goal: to reach at least the second stage on Saturday afternoon. Their race flags off at 3pm at ONEº15 Marina Cove. Saturday's Eliminator format is three stages of
Nicholas Rachmadi revs up for Super League Triathlon
Two swim races, one track race and one multisport race later, Nicholas Rachmadi is ready for next week's Super League Triathlon. Rachmadi opened his multisport season at the Metasprint Aquathlon on Sunday morning at Palawan Beach. He faced a strong international contingent that consisted of Australian Rahul Jegatheva, the overall champion, and a group of British International School (Phuket) students who swept the 16-19-year-old
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