After their valiant display against the United States of America in their final group match, the Singapore basketball boys continued their fine form as they defeated the Republic of South Africa 21-12 for their first win in the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) FIBA 33 competition.
Singapore secured their first win of the Youth Olympic Games FIBA 33 girls' basketball competition with a 26-10 victory over Vanuatu, starting their quest for 17th place off on a good note.
Singaporean Amanda Lim was the host's only representative at the evening finals on the last day of the Youth Olympic Games swimming competition, racing in the 50 metres Freestyle final. Although she failed to claim a medal against tough opposition from China and France, she did Singapore proud when she clocked a season's best time of 26.05 seconds to finish sixth.
None of our swimmers qualified for evening finals on the last day of the Youth Olympic Games swimming competition.
Amanda Lim become the second Singaporean swimmer at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to make an individual final, after clocking a season's best time of 26.14 seconds in her pet event, the 50m freestyle.
Singapore had a slow start to the Youth Olympic Games swimming competition, but they are riding a good wave on the penultimate day with three swimmers and the women’s 4x100 freestyle relay team qualifying for the evening semi-finals and final.
In their last Group B match, Singapore put up a fearless performance against tournament favourites and basketball powerhouse the United States of America. The local boys eventually fell 21-33 against their larger, more experienced opponents, but not before taking the lead and causing some difficulty for them.
Although they were up against the giants of the United States of America (USA) in the Youth Olympic Games basketball tournament, the Singapore boys were fearless and turned in an amazingly spirited performance to push their larger opponents all the way before succumbing 21-31 in Group B.