Singapore Sports School’s Nur Izlyn Bte Zaini broke the Girls’ C Division 100 metres championship record when she clocked a time of 12.74 seconds in the heats at the 53rd National Schools Track and Field Championships.
Karthic Harish Ragupathy became the first local youth athlete in 25 years to run the 3000 metres Steeplechase in less than 10 minutes, when he clocked a time of nine minutes 57.95 seconds at the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) Track and Field Series 3 meet.
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)’s Dipna Lim Prasad broke the women’s 400 metres hurdles championship record at the 2011/12 Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) Track and Field Championships, when she ran a personal best (PB) time of 64.78 seconds to win the gold medal.
Madankumar clocked a time of four minutes 12.56 seconds to win the gold medal, while Feroz could only be content with second place in a time of 4:16.63.
The National University of Singapore (NUS) won their 12th consecutive Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) track and field overall title but, unlike previous years, had to endure a nail-biting finish that saw them get their noses in front by a mere four points.
The Singapore Slingers open the third season of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) on Sunday, January 15th, with a home game against the Indonesia Warriors at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Singapore's swimmers splashed their way to 17 gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze medals at the 26th South-east Asian Games in Palembang, Indonesia. It was the most number of swimming golds won at the biannual gammes since 1975, when Singapore emerged first in 17 events as well.
Singapore start Day 11 fifth on the medal tally with 41 gold, 43 silver and 71 bronze medals.
