National pole vaulter Chan Sheng Yao clinched his first ever IVP gold medal and set a new men’s pole vault record at 4.71m to complete a strong comeback after failing to clear any height in last year's competition.
National hurdler Kerstin Ong stood tall and finished strong on the opening day of the 2018 Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic track and field competition, winning the women’s 100 meter hurdles crown, spurred on by the outpouring of support from her peers.
Dipna clocked 54.18 seconds, erasing the previous mark of 55.08s that Chee Swee Lee set at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran on her way to winning gold. Michelle was awarded the gold medal, along with Vietnam's Duong Thi Viet Ahn, after a successful appeal -- this was Singapore's first SEA Games gold in the women's high jump since 1965.
Singapore will field its largest away contingent of 569 athletes for a Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur this August. The athletes will take part in 35 sports at the 29th SEA Games. Four sports – cricket, ice hockey, ice skating, and indoor hockey – will be contested for the first time at the Games.
North Vista Secondary School dominated in the second edition of the Singapore Youth Olympic Festival (SYOF) athletics competition clinching the gold medal for four races.
Thiruben Thana Rajan ran 47.91s in the 400m heats of the IAAF World U18 Championships to set a new national under-18 record, pending ratification from Singapore Athletics. The National Junior College student's time eclipsed Ng Chin Hui's old mark of 47.97s set in 2011. It also saw him rank joint-12th overall to qualify for the semi-finals, happening on July 13, 11.45pm Singapore time.
Syed Hussein blitzed the A boys' 1500m field in 4:13.29, while Dave Tung earned victory among the B boys in 4:22.54.
Elizabeth ran 12.41 seconds, clocked with a tailwind of 0.1 metre/second to break Lim Joo Lee's C division hand-timed 12.6s record that was set in 1993. Teammate Bernice Liew claimed the silver in a personal best 12.72s. Both girls later combined to help Nanyang Girls' High School to gold in the 4 by 100 metres relay.
