Youth athletes get nod for 2010 Youth Olympic Games

Media Release from Singapore National Olympic Council

Tuesday, April 4, 2010 – The SNOC Games Selection Committee chaired by Minister Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence and President SNOC met today to select Team Singapore athletes and teams for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.

Aquatics – Swimming
6 women and 7 men
N.B. SNOC selected 4 women and 7 male swimmers. NSA to name 4 women and 4 male swimmers by deadline.

Archery
Recurve Individual (W)
Vanessa Ho
Elizabeth Cheok
Samantha Wong
(NSA to name 1 woman athlete by deadline)

Abdul Dayyan Jaffar – Recurve Individual (M)

Basketball
Basketball Team (M)

Equestrian
Caroline Chew – Show Jumping Individual (W)

Fencing
Rania Herlina Rahardja – Epee Individual (W)
Liane Wong Ye Ying – Foil Individual (W)
Justin Ong Xian Shi – Foil Individual (M)

Football
Men Team (M)

Gymnastics
Phaan Yilin, Ann Sim Kwee Peng, Vivien Ho Wei Yen, Cecilia Chia Shing Eng, Miki Erika Nomura – Rhythmic Team (W)
Timothy Tay Kai Cheng – Artistics Individual (M)
Rachel Giam Pei Shi – Artistics Individual (W)

Hockey
Men Team (M)

Judo
Lim Jin Jie – 66-81 kg (M)
Tang Jing Fang – 52-63 kg (W)

Sailing
Darren Choy Wong Loong – 1-person dinghy (M)
Natasha Yokoyama – 1-person dinghy (W)

Shooting
10m Air Rifle (W)
Carol Lee Shang Hui
Vanessa Ong Ke Yun
Sarena Lin Shan Ahmad
N.B. NSA to name 1 woman athlete by deadline.

10m Air Pistol (M)
Hoong Shi Xiang
David Lim Yan Yi
We Wenyi
N.B. NSA to name 1 male athlete by deadline.

Table Tennis
Isabelle Li Siyun – Singles (W)
Clarence Chew – Singles (M)

Taekwondo
Daryl Tan Jia Jun – 48-55 kg (M)
Nur Zakira Zakaria – 44-49 kg (W)
Nurul Sahfinas A Rahman – 44-55 kg (W)

63-73 kg (M)
Christopher Lee Jia Zhe
Muhd Norhalim Zahardin
N.B. NSA to name 1 male athlete by deadline.

Triathlon
Scott Ang Yi Qiang – Individual (M)
Clara Wong Wanqi – Individual (W)