With foreign talents taking places in school sports teams, it can be a spur for youth players who have no chances of joining international competitions to compete against foreigners on home soil, says Teo Ser Luck.
If schools focused on participation and not so much on winning medals, that would broaden the sports talent base for Singapore, says Teo Ser Luck in this third part of an exclusive interview with Red Sports.
The absence of Sprint Duathlon champion Daniel Plews gave Singaporean Wille Loo a clear run at bagging the Singapore Sprint Series Triathlon men’s title. In the women's category, Singaporean permanent resident Trudy Fawcett completed her 2009 hat-trick of Singapore Sprint Series titles.
It took Teo Ser Luck 10 years of courting before his girlfriend agreed to marry him. He apparently wasn't her type at the start and did not share his interest in sports.
Jeanette Wang finished as the fastest Singaporean woman at the Ironman 70.3 Singapore last Sunday, March 22nd, 2009. She did the 1.9km swim, 90.1km bike and 21km run in 5 hours 29 minutes and 46 seconds. Here is her account of the race on Sunday.