Scott Wong threw 15.89m throw at his first attempt was good enough for a gold. It was a new personal best. (Photo © Eric Lim. Courtesy of SAA.)
Bishan Stadium, Saturday-Sunday, August 25-26, 2012 — Singapore’s Scott Wong, 22, set two new personal bests (PBs) in the discus and shot put at the 74th Singapore Open Track and Field Championship.
Scott, won the gold with his first throw of 15.89m in the men’s shot put (7.26kg), 0.11m further than Hirofumi Oyama’s best effort of 14.16m.
John Tan of Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College East also set a new PB when he finished third with a 11.03m.
“I am happy with my performance though I have been throwing 16m for quite a while now. I feel physically stronger and it is just awesome to beat my personal best and win here at the Singapore Open,” said Scott who is studying medicine in Manchester.
“For my personal best, I have mixed expectations as I know that I’m physically there but the past few days leading up to the Singapore Open, I wasn’t feeling very well. So when my first throw landed at 15.89, I realized my training programme is actually working.
“What I need now is a string of competitions. The Singapore Open is the first part of my competition phase and it has been a good start. I have been preparing for 2-3 months through a structured plan and now it is bearing fruit,” added Scott.
On the second day of competition, Scott finished third in the discus with a PB of 48.50m. His previous PB was 45.90m.
Jun Fujiwara of Japan was first with a 50.70m effort. James Wong, 43, Singapore’s most bemedalled South-east Asian (SEA) Games athlete, was fifth with a 46.37m.
Shot Put Results
1st Scott Wong — 15.89m
15.89m X X 15.15m 15.37m 15.86m
2nd Hirofumi Oyama (JPN) — 14.16m
14.04m 13.91m X 13.93m X 14.16m
3rd John Tan Keng Siong — 11.03m
10.79m 10.61m 10.14m 11.03m X X
4th Chow Wing Hang — 10.56m
10.11m 10.42m 10.23m X 10.56m 10.18m
5th Muhamad E Bin Din — 9.40m
9.32m 9.21m 8.96m 9.06m 9.16m 9.40m
Discus Results
1st Jun Fujiwara — 50.70m
2nd Uli Ruckpaul — 50.22m
3rd Scott Wong — 48.50m
4th Hirofumi Oyama — 48.35m
5th James Wong — 46.37m
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