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YOG paddler Koen learns valuable lessons
While his peers can put examinations out of their minds, national paddler Koen Pang will sit for his at the end of the year as he focuses on the Youth Olympic Games (YOG).This past year has been an...
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Youth Olympic adventure starts
Clockwise, from top left: Singapore's youth Olympians Kampton Kam, Jaslyn Hooi, chef de mission Tao Li, Sophia Meyers, Tamara Ong and national senior fencer Rania Rahardja at yesterday's Youth Olympics...
View ArticlePara-swimmer Toh wins gold
Singapore para-swimmer Toh Wei Soong won a gold medal at the Asian Para Games (APG) yesterday, after clocking a personal best of 29.01sec in the men's 50m freestyle S7 final.The 20-year-old, who had...
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Emma finishes as top female Asian triathlete at YOG
Singapore's Emma Middleditch found herself in 30th position out of 32 competitors after the 750m swim leg of the Youth Olympics women's triathlon final on Sunday.But over the next two legs - the 20km...
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Para-swimmer Yip wins gold in season-best time
Singapore's para-athletes won a gold and a bronze at the Asian Para Games (APG) in Jakarta, Indonesia, yesterday.First, para-bowler Rex Tan Swang Hee clinched a joint-bronze in the mixed singles TPB10...
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Sight by side to the bronze
Tandem para-cycling requires a visually impaired athlete relying on his or her sighted counterpart for guidance, but Emily Lee and her pilot Sarah Tan tried to communicate as little as possible with...
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Swimmer Wei Soong gets his golden double, despite ‘hiccup’
Singapore added another gold to their tally yesterday when swimmer Toh Wei Soong overcame "a bit of a hiccup" to win the men's 100m freestyle S7 title in personal-best time of 1:03.16. It was the...
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Toh completes his hat-trick of medals
While some swimmers may crumble at the sight of strong opponents, Toh Wei Soong sees it as a test to gauge himself against the elite.It is that willingness to see the glass as always half-full, to push...
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Young Gan breaks second national record in two months
Less than two months after breaking a national record, Singapore youth swimmer Gan Ching Hwee did it again.On Tuesday, the 15-year-old clocked 8min 44.69 sec in the women's 800m freestyle heats at the...
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Hooi wins after playing through pain
Singapore youth shuttler Jaslyn Hooi overcame not only a deficit, but also the pain barrier, to win her women's singles quarter-final at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on...
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Yip clinches third medal in three events
Yip Pin Xiu picked up her third medal in as many events yesterday, wrapping up her 2018 Asian Para Games campaign with a bronze in the women's 50m freestyle S4 (1-4) in Jakarta.She touched the wall in...
View ArticleMinister Fu urges more people with special needs to take up sports
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu has called on more people with special needs to take up sports, on the back of a historic showing by Singapore's para-athletes at the Asian Para Games...
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Singapore Sports Museum honours sprint legend Kunalan
The Singapore Sports Hub unveiled two pieces of art to honour former national sprinter C. Kunalan on Friday (Oct 19).They will be placed on permanent display at the Singapore Sports Museum at Kallang....
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Haw Par Corp gives para-athletes a boost
Education Minister Ong Ye Kung taking a wefie at the inaugural Haw Par Para Sports Bursary Awards at the National Youth Sports Institute Satellite yesterday, when $42,600 was disbursed to 29...
View ArticleKyra, Yi Xuan win indoor skydiving World Cup gold
Kyra Poh and Choo Yi Xuan won the dynamic two-way event at the biennial World Air Sports Federation (FAI) World Cup of Indoor Skydiving competition in Bahrain last weekend.Kyra, 16, and Yi Xuan, 17,...
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Record $250k medal payout for Singapore's para-athletes
A record $250,000 was handed out to Singapore's medallists at the 3rd Asian Para Games during the Athletes' Achievement Awards yesterday evening.While the cash rewards were considerable, it also marked...
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Asiad bronze gives Yu Olympic boost
It has been two months since Yu Mengyu clinched the women's singles joint-bronze in the Asian Games table tennis competition, but the confidence she has gained from that achievement has not faded.And...
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Young Singapore male paddlers show their potential with four golds
The retirement of stalwarts Gao Ning, Yang Zi, Zhan Jian and Pang Xue Jie in recent years, and the sacking of Li Hu for disciplinary reasons, have left a void in Singapore's men's table tennis team....
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Singapore floorballers squander two-goal lead at World C'ship
Singapore's men's floorball team were so close to exacting revenge on their Canadian counterparts, but had to settle for a 4-4 draw in their World Floorball Championship (WFC) Group D encounter in...
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Post-sports plans for athletes
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu has called for greater corporate support to help national athletes in their transition from their competitive sports careers into the workforce.She...
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