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Olympics: Yu Mengyu misses out on bronze but pleased with run
One could not see her face behind the mask, but at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium media mixed zone, Singaporean paddler Yu Mengyu's eyes were smiling.The 31-year-old had just been beaten to the...
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TODAY:TABLE TENNISFeng Tianwei, Yu Mengyu, Lin Ye v France (women's team, round of 16) - 9amATHLETICSShanti Pereira (women's 200m, Heat 5) - 10.02amSAILINGKimberly Lim & Cecilia Low (women's 49er...
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Olympics: Singapore women's team defeat France, to meet China next
Singapore's paddlers Feng Tianwei, Yu Mengyu and Lin Ye are through to the Tokyo 2020 women's team quarter-finals following a 3-0 win over France's Stephanie Loeuillette, Yuan Jia Nan and Prithika...
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Olympics: Singapore's Shanti Pereira sets season best of 23.96sec at 200m heats
Singapore's top female sprinter Shanti Pereira set a season best of 23.96 seconds in the Tokyo 2020 women's 200m heats on Monday (Aug 2).The 24-year-old finished sixth in Heat 5, which was won by...
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Feng Tianwei: ‘No pressure’ on us against China
Singapore will adopt a "nothing to lose" mentality when they take on mighty China in the Olympic table tennis women's team quarter-finals today.The Republic swept France 3-0 in the round of 16...
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Shanti Pereira thankful for race opportunity, sets season's best
The world's fastest woman casually brushed shoulders with Singapore's quickest yesterday morning at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium.As she wrapped up her chat with the media at the mixed zone after her 200m...
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Sailors Lim and Low 'within striking distance' of medal: Dr Tan
Sailors Kimberly Lim and Cecilia Low are "within striking distance" of a historic medal, says Dr Benedict Tan, chef de mission for the Singapore contingent at the Olympic Games, and he hopes that the...
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Tokyo 2020 is the last Olympics for Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu
It was not the opponents or the result they would have liked to have in a quarter-final but, perhaps fittingly, the 3-0 loss to China yesterday has brought the curtain down on the Olympic careers of...
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YESTERDAY:TABLE TENNIS• Feng Tianwei, Yu Mengyu, Lin Ye (women's team, quarter-finals) - lost 3-0 to ChinaSAILING• Kimberly Lim & Cecilia Low (women's 49er FX, medal race) - finished 10th out of 21...
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Chantal Liew has a message for the doubters
A moment of levity turned sentimental at the Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo yesterday morning.Chantal Liew, barely out of the water and still in her wetsuit, with a red Team Singapore jacket draped over...
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Olympic debut done, Freida Lim dives into job search
Freida Lim's swansong did not pan out the way she had hoped, but the national diver said she was still satisfied by her showing at the Games in Tokyo as she bade farewell to the 10m platform tower.The...
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YESTERDAY:MARATHON SWIMMINGChantal Liew (women's 10km, final) - Finished 23rd out of 25 swimmers in 2:08:17.9DIVINGFreida Lim (women's 10m platform, preliminary) - Finished 30th out of 30 divers with...
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Ignore negativity, President Halimah tells Team Singapore
President Halimah Yacob has urged Singapore's Olympians to ignore the haters and instead channel the online negativity into motivation.Yesterday, she had a virtual meeting with 15 of the 23 athletes...
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Marc Brian Louis eyes national U-20 mark in 110m hurdles
After a year-long wait to compete at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships, national hurdler Marc Brian Louis is ready to make his debut at the meet in Nairobi, Kenya this week.The 19-year-old was...
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Long wait over for Paralympics
The Republic’s athletes may have had their training and competition plans disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic for the past 1 1/2 years, but they remain upbeat ahead of the Paralympics, which open...
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Para-cyclist Tee and pilot Ang going beyond the cycling track
The first time para-cyclist Steve Tee met his pilot Ang Kee Meng in 2017, the visually impaired national athlete asked to feel his legs, after being reassured by his then-coach Christian Stauffer that...
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PM Lee cheers on Singapore’s Paralympians as Games begin
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has sent a message of encouragement to Singapore's para-athletes as they get set to compete at the Tokyo Paralympics, which opened yesterday.Noting their sacrifice and...
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TODAY:SWIMMING• Yip Pin Xiu8.41am: women's 100m backstroke - S2 heats4.40pm: women's 100m backstroke - S2 final*• Sophie Soon9.46am: women's 100m butterfly - S13 heats6.40pm: women's 100m butterfly -...
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Paralympics: Singapore's Yip Pin Xiu wins gold in 100m backstroke (S2)
World record holder Yip Pin Xiu got Singapore’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympics on the first day of action on Wednesday (Aug 25), retaining her 100m backstroke (S2) crown from Rio...
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4th Paralympic gold medal brings Yip Pin Xiu to tears
As the Singapore flag rose above the podium at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre yesterday, tears fell from swimmer Yip Pin Xiu's eyes.The 29-year-old had just retained her women's S2 100m backstroke title...
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