By Red Crew
East Coast Park, Saturday, March 7, 2009 – While Trudy Fawcett and Mok Ying Ren might have won the race in their respective gender groups, there was more to the race than just the elite athletes running and swimming. Here's a picture story of the Singapore Biathlon you will not be able to find anywhere else online.
Enjoy.
The race went on despite the looming dark clouds. (Photo 1 © Red Sports)
The percussion band from St Anthony’s Canossian provided some entertainment at the starting line. (Photo 2 © Red Sports)
Swimmers heading out to sea. (Photo 3 © Red Sports)
A swimmer who encountered difficulties gets a ride back on the Naval Divers’ Zodiac. (Photo 4 © Red Sports)
“Now where is she…” Henry Fung, father of Christel Fung, looks out for his daughter. (Photo 5 © Red Sports)
“…there she is!” Christel Fung was the fastest out of the water from the first wave, almost five minutes ahead of the next competitor. (Photo 6 © Red Sports)
A biathlete taking off his goggles after a rough swim. (Photo 7 © Red Sports)
Angie Tan Si Qi emerges out of the water. She ultimately finished fifth. (Photo 8 © Red Sports)
Chang Kai Lun emerges out of the water after a 24min 52sec swim. (Photo 9 © Red Sports)
National trap shooter Lee Wung Yew finished his swim with a timing of 37 min 48 sec. (Photo 10 © Red Sports)
Wong Maye-E finishes her swim with a timing of 38 min 35 sec. (Photo 11 © Red Sports)
Biathletes try to get rid of the salt water after emerging from the sea. (Photo 12 © Red Sports)
“I’ll be waiting for you…” (Photo 13 © Red Sports)
Thumbs up for completing the swim. (Photo 14 © Red Sports)
The swim leg was increasingly challenging with the choppy seas and pouring rain. (Photo 15 © Red Sports)
Christel Fung lost some ground, dropping five places in the run. (Photo 16 © Red Sports)
Christel crosses the finishing line. (Photo 17 © Red Sports)
Jacqueline Teo finishes the race in 1:18:35 in ninth place overall. (Photo 18 © Red Sports)
Hands up for the champion! (Photo 19 © Red Sports)
“I’m number one!” Richard Koh finishes the race with a timing of 1:08:32. (Photo 20 © Red Sports)
Lim Run-Er finishes the race in 1:24:17. (Photo 21 © Red Sports)
Tin Chin Yee sprints towards the finishing line. (Photo 22 © Red Sports)
The biathletes head towards the finishing line. (Photo 23 © Red Sports)
Laurus Meulenberg finishes the race in 1:29:21. (Photo 24 © Red Sports)
Mikako Sugahara finishes in fifth place in the women’s veteran category. (Photo 25 © Red Sports)
Pamela Chua Hui Ting finishes in 1:36:48. (Photo 26 © Red Sports)
Lim Hock Chuan pushes for the final stretch. (Photo 27 © Red Sports)
“Happy Birthday, Rachel!” Eugene Say carries the message throughout the race. (Photo 28 © Red Sports)
Kenneth Tan summons his remaining strength as he approaches the finishing line. (Photo 29 © Red Sports)
Cheong Wei Ming is a face of relief as he finishes the race. (Photo 30 © Red Sports)
Victor Chan finishes the race steadily. (Photo 31 © Red Sports)
Ong Chew Meng (#6003) and Teo Lek Hong (#6099) finish with smiles on their faces. (Photo 32 © Red Sports)
Kevin Timmons receives his award from LG Kuek. (Photo 33 © Red Sports)
Itsuoko Lewnes finished first in the Women’s Veteran category. (Photo 34 © Red Sports)
Lim Zhi Ming receives his award from A/P Koo Tsai Kee. He finished second in the Men’s Open and first in the Youth Category. (Photo 35 © Red Sports)
A beaming Trudy Fawcett receives her award from A/P Koo. (Photo 36 © Red Sports)
Dinah Chan receives her award from A/P Koo. (Photo 37 © Red Sports)
Lim Zhi Yun receives her award from A/P Koo. (Photo 38 © Red Sports)
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Nice way that you present your ideas. You have a well set out blog and I will check back again. Thank you.
See you soon, Maye-E. : )
ya it was too hot i tell ya.. and well, i had no choice but to cover it… and ya. all the media were there. (: see you soon
har har har.. nothing serious.. i had to go to work.. cover the HSBC women’s champions golf .. sian..
Oh! Ok. I gave the golf a miss. I presume all the mainstream media and agencies were at the golf event? Decided the Singapore Biathlon was more fun to cover.
Took over? That would screw up the medics if anything happened. You might end up getting the wrong blood type in an emergency.
@Maye-E – Hey what happened? Notice you didn’t finish. Hope nothing serious happened and you just decided to stop at the hawker centre to have breakfast and forgot to finish the run. 😉
someone prolly took over.
hey les.. thanks for the picture
Hmm.. According to the results, #2169 is “Teo Cheng Nee Jacqueline”. It says the same on her number tag in the picture.
photo 18: its Elvia and not jacqueline
photo 23: girl is ong shuyin
We haven’t received the floorball pics yet.
when will u post the floorball b div article ah