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AYG athletes Jabez Su and Abel Lim share their Games experience at Milo AYG Live! celebration party

Koh Yizhe — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:37:59 +0000

It is not everyday that fans, members of the public and students from various local schools get the chance to interact with Singapore’s Asian Youth Games athletes. At Milo’s Building Young Champions forum, however, they got the rare opportunity to do just that. … [visit site to read more]

AYG Closing Ceremony: A picture story

Lai Jun Wei — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:12:04 +0000

As the curtains to the inaugural Asian Youth Games drew to a close, we give you a peek into the closing ceremony held to mark the successful completion of the games. … [visit site to read more]

Red Sports had 64 AYG stories on Singapore athletes

Erwin Wong — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:17:59 +0000

Singapore’s AYG contingent did not disappoint, and to keep up, our crew of writers and photographers brought to you, readers, 64 stories journalling our young athletes in action at the AYG. … [visit site to read more]

Highlights of the Asian Youth Games: The Top 10 Team Singapore moments

Jan Lin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:41:45 +0000

Sporting moments are the soul of a sports event, and they linger on even after the curtains have fallen. Red Sports has put together our top 10 list of Team Singapore moments at the inaugural Asian Youth Games. … [visit site to read more]

“I have not eaten Twisties in 4 months…” – Clarence Chew, after Singapore’s memorable run in AYG Table Tennis

Yvonne Yap — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:04:00 +0000

Singapore’s Isabelle Li, Clarence Chew, Tay Jit Kiat and Chau Hai Qing clinched the bronze medal for the table tennis mixed team event after losing out to the eventual champions China in the semi-finals of the recently concluded Asian Youth Games. … [visit site to read more]

Catch our AYG Team Singapore athletes at the MILOÂ® AYG LIVE! Celebration Party

Vanessa Lim — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:00:26 +0000

In support of the inaugural Asian Youth Games 2009, NestlÃ© MILOÂ® is proud to be the presenter of a well-deserved celebration event called MILOÂ® AYG Live! Celebration Party â€“ a post celebration party held at Downtown East. … [visit site to read more]

AYG Closing Ceremony: Golden girl Quah Ting Wen clinches Most Valuable Player Award

Yvonne Yap — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:55:57 +0000

The two most outstanding athletes of the inaugural Asian Youth Games were unveiled at the closing ceremony today. The Most Valuable Player (MVP) Female Award went to Singapore’s Quah Ting Wen, while the Republic of Korea’s Chang Gyucheol took home the MVP Male Award. Both swimmers went home with 4 gold medals, with Ting Wen adding a bronze to her glittering haul. … [visit site to read more]

AYG Beach Volleyball: Faces at the finals

Lai Jun Wei — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:40:48 +0000

While most eyes were on the athletes competing in the Asian Youth Games (AYG) Beach Volleyball games, few would have noticed the people around them. Were you there, were you one of them? … [visit site to read more]

AYG Table Tennis: China sweep all 4 golds on offer

Yvonne Yap — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:33:25 +0000

The final day of the Asian Youth Games table tennis competition saw China claiming all 4 gold medals up for grabs: The Mixed Team, Mixed Doubles, Boys Singles and Girls Singles titles. The Chinese already had 1 gold in the bag 2 days ago when they triumphed over DPR Korea in the Mixed Teams finals. … [visit site to read more]

AYG Football: Taeguk warriors take gold with 2-0 win over border rivals North Korea

Azmie Danial — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:31:42 +0000

Favourites South Korea clinched the Asian Youth Games football gold medal with a domineering 2-0 victory over neighbouring rivals North Korea in today’s final. … [visit site to read more]

AYG Football: Iran clinically despatch China 2-0 to claim bronze medal

Gerald Goh — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:30:17 +0000

The Islamic Republic of Iranâ€™s efficient performance saw them overcome the Peopleâ€™s Republic of China 2-0 to secure third place in the Asian Youth Games football competition. … [visit site to read more]

AYG Swimming: 4x100m freestyle relay girls splash to 5th swimming gold and a new national record

Colin Tung — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:30:12 +0000

The golden quartet of Koh Hui Yu, Quah Ting Wen, Amanda Lim and Lynette Lim sealed Singapore’s 5th gold in swimming in the 4x100m freestyle relay in a time of 3 minutes 46.91 seconds which beat the old national record of 3:53.33 set in 2006. … [visit site to read more]

AYG Sailing: A medal of each colour for Team Singapore

Alan Chiang — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:37:34 +0000

Singapore collected medals from three out of four events at the Asian Youth Games sailing competition. They bagged a gold, silver and bronze each from Darren Choy, Najwa Jumali and Audrey Yong respectively. … [visit site to read more]

AYG Swimming: Fruitful day for Singapore as Quah Ting Wen wins her second gold

Koh Yizhe — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:19:24 +0000

Singapore won a gold, silver and bronze medal each today at the Asian Youth Games swimming competition, with the highlight of the night coming when Quah Ting Wen and Amanda Lim stormed home to a one-two finish in the girls 50m freestyle. … [visit site to read more]

AYG News Flash: Huifen rolls perfect game in bowling masters

Marvin Lowe — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:20:59 +0000

Singapore’s double gold medalist, New Huifen, has hit the first perfect game of the bowling tournament and has surged to the top of the Masters Qualifying round. … [visit site to read more]

AYG Table Tennis: Singapore’s plucky paddlers bow out of singles competition

Yvonne Yap — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:47:18 +0000

Singapore’s medal hopes at the Asian Youth Games (AYG) table tennis singles competition have been completely snuffed out as all the Republic’s singles players were shown the exit. … [visit site to read more]

AYG Sailing: Darren Choy clinches gold medal while Najwa Jumali is assured of silver in Byte CII

Alan Chiang — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:33:37 +0000

The gloomy skies that overlooked the waters off East Coast were certainly not an obstacle for Darren Choy and Najwa Jumali as they scooped up the top spot in their respective groups of the Byte CII category in Day 5 of the Asian Youth Games Sailing competition. … [visit site to read more]

AYG Athletics: “I wish I could have been there running with them,” says Zachary Devaraj on the 800m final

Colin Tung — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:23:30 +0000

As the 800m final got underway, Singapore athlete Zachary Ryan Devaraj looked on from the spectator stands, immersed in the unfolding of the race. Restless energy lay bundled up in his body as his imagination ran the race for him, wondering what might have been had things turned out differently? … [visit site to read more]

AYG Beach Volleyball: Indonesia boys spike down bronze medal after straight sets win over Yemen

chihua — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:08:46 +0000

The Indonesian pair of Gede Eka Agustiawan and Ade Chandra Rachmawan spiked down the first Asian Youth Games (AYG) medal for their country in the boys’ beach volleyball bronze medal play-off against Yemen. … [visit site to read more]

“The normal basketball format has more entertainment value” – A look at FIBA 33 basketball

Koh Yizhe — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:26:31 +0000

For many basketball fans in Singapore, the Asian Youth Games is the first time they are seeing the FIBA 33 played. This is extremely different from what the fans are used to seeing in the local competitions. … [visit site to read more]