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C Division 100m Hurdles Boys

Azizul Rijal (#98) of Singapore Sports School in action. He clocked a timing of 15.12 seconds to clinch his first gold medal in the event. (Photo 1 © Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports)

Bukit Gombak Stadium, Tuesday, April 14, 2015 — Clocking a timing of 15.12 seconds, Singapore Sports School’s Azizul Rijal (#98) ran his way to his first C Division 100m hurdles title at the 56th National Inter-School Track and Field Championships.

“I have been training hard, working hard since last year, and eventually won my first gold medal. It’s very exhilarating,” said the 14-year-old, whose finish is a marked improvement from last year’s event, where he failed to qualify for the final.

“My friends and my coaches have been helping me and carrying me forward. They gave me the motivation to keep running,” he added.

Finishing just four hundredths of a second later was Raffles Institution’s Matz Chan (#204), while Hwa Chong Institution’s Gerard Emmanuel Loh (#401) won the bronze medal with a timing of 15.64 seconds.

15-year-old Joshua Chua, who is Chan’s (#204) senior, holds the meet record of 13.26 seconds, which was set in last year’s final. The timing is also the national under-15 record.

C Division Boys’ 100m Hurdles Results
1st: Azizul Rijal B Zahari (#98, Singapore Sports School) – 15.12s
2nd: Matz Chan (#204, Raffles Institution) – 15.16s
3rd: Gerard Emmanuel Loh Kai-Jyn (#401, Hwa Chong Institution) – 15.64s
4th: Audie Goh (#11, Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary) – 16.13s
5th: Sin Ming Wei (#419, Hwa Chong Institution) – 16.74s
6th: Oliver Lim Zi-Hern (#357, Victoria School) – 16.84s
7th: Jered Wong Jen Weng (#194, Raffles Institution) – 17.25s

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