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Athletes’ final push for medal glory
13 May 2015 – 39 of the 74 Singapore Track & Field SEA Games 2015 athletes headed to Taipei this morning to participate in the Taiwan Open, as part of their final preparations leading up to the 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in June 2015.
Led by SEA Games athletics team captain Kenneth Khoo, the Singapore contingent will take on athletes from 14 other countries, including 400m Olympic gold medalist LaShawn Merritt.
The competition will be held on 15 and 16 May 2015 in Taipei City.
400m sprinter Khoo is looking forward to the Taiwan Open where he will be seeking to fine tune his preparations and has targeted season best timings as he approaches his fifth SEA Games in June.
“This being the final competition before the SEA Games, I am hoping to achieve my season bests in both the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay with the rest of my teammates.
“I think we have all trained hard the last couple of months for the Games in June and we are confident and looking forward to putting on a good show in front of our fellow Singaporeans who we hope will come out and cheer us on.”
One other key member of the traveling contingent will be Assistant Team Manager Morales Menon, who has also been appointed for the same role when the SEA Games kicks off in less than a month’s time. With Singapore Athletics putting out the largest contingent in SEA Games history, Morales knows that he has a huge responsibility on his hands.
He said: “My job is to assist the Team Manager, Mr Lawrenz Sim, to ensure all the Singapore athletes are focused on their individual events while also ensuring that we fully comply to the administrative tasks before and after each event. Having 74 of Singapore’s top athletes under our care is a huge responsibility, but it is also a great opportunity to learn on the job and hopefully motivate them to a good medal tally.”
This will be the final competition for the Singapore athletes before they are set to do battle on home soil from 5 to 16 June 2015 at the newly minted National Stadium at the Singapore Sports Hub.
List of athletes participating in Taiwan Open 2015
Amirudin Jamal
100m and 4x100m Relay
Calvin Kang
100m and 4x100m Relay
Lee Cheng Wei
200m and 4x100m Relay
Elfi Mustapa
100m, 200m and 4x100m Relay
Naqib Asmin
200m and 4x100m Relay
Gary Yeo
100m and 4x100m Relay
Ng Chin Hui
400m and 4x400m
Sean Lim
Pole Vault
Ang Chen Xiang
110mH
Fang Jianyong
800m and 1500m
Raviin Muthukumar
1500m
Colin Tung
3000m SC and 1500m
Khan Meng Linn
Long Jump
Chan Sheng Yao
Pole Vault
Benny Lam
Discus
Kenneth Khoo
400m and 4x400m
Raymond Lee
400m Hurdles and 4x400m
Seow Yeong Yang
400m and 4x400m
Tan Zong Yang
400m and 4x400m
Zachary Devaraj
800m
Landdis Su
Discus
Awyong Liang Qi
100m Hurdles
Lance Tan
200m and 400m
Dipna Lim
400m Hurdles, 4x100m and 4x400m
Rachel Yang
Pole Vault
Eugenia Tan
100m and Long Jump, 4x100m
Nur Izlyn
100m Hurdles
Eliza Ng
1500m and 3000mSC
Cheryl Chan
3000mSC
Joy Kuan
400m and 4x400m
Goh Chui Ling
400m and 4x400m
T Piriyah
400m and 4x400m
Ngoh, Noelle
400m and 4x400m
Smriti Menon
100m and 4x100m
Lynette Goh
100m and 4x100m
Wendy Enn
100m and 4x100m
Carmel Teo
Pole Vault
Nicole Liaw
800m
Shanti Pereira
200m and 4x100m
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13th May 2015
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