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Did You Know – Yvonne DansonDOB: 22-May-1959 Former coach: Gordon Surtess PBs: 5000m 17:35.3 in 1997 10000m 36:27.39 in 1995 SEA Games Marathon 2:34:41 in 1995 SEA Games Did you know that the Yvonne Danson, our current record holder in the women 5000m, 10000m and marathon was an accidental runner in the making? Then in 1990, she joined one of […] Posted 17th Sep 2015 |
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New 4x400m women U23 recordFrom left to right, Wendy Enn, Shanti Veronica Pereira, Dipna-Lim Prasad and T. Piriyah. At the recent Taiwan Open T&F Championship held at the Taipei Municipal Stadium on 28th May, four of our best quarter-miler girls ran the 4×400 metres event in the hope of chasing and securing their SEA Games spots. The first leg […] Posted 23rd Jun 2013 |
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Hari Chandra receives SAA Lifetime Achievement AwardHari Chandra was instrumental in the development of local athletics. Thus he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Singapore Athletic Association at the welcoming dinner of the Singapore Open Track & Field Championships on Friday. A caliber athlete who qualified for the 1956 Olympics under the Malaysian flag, turn Singapore citizen in 1958. […] Posted 22nd Jun 2013 |
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Did you know – 11th Asian Athletics Championships 1995With the upcoming 20th Asian Athletics Championships 2013 (July 4-7, India), let’s have a throwback Friday. Did you know that for the eleventh edition of the Asian Athletics Championships held in 1995, Singapore sent a team of seven. It was headed by Team Manager LTC Bay You Joea with four athletes competing, Hamkah Afik, Md. […] Posted 31st May 2013 |
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Did You Know – Singapore Marathon the early yearsThe Singapore Marathon had its beginning in 1982 when it was first established as a ‘fun run’ and 28th edition later, the event is now an IAAF Gold Label Race, and could easily attracts participation up to 50,000 per race. Organised by then the Singapore International Marathon Organising Committee, the inaugural event saw Raymond Crab […] Posted 2nd May 2013 |
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Did You Know – SAA holds the World’s Largest WalkEnlarge this certificate by Guinness World Records Ltd. Did you know that Singapore Athletic Association with its partner Singapore Press Holdings and Singapore Sports Council hold joint record for the largest walk ever held. From Guinness World Records: The largest walk was The New Paper Big Walk 2000 which had 77,500 participants and started from […] Posted 1st Mar 2013 |
