Drama-free, 'quiet' SEA Games helped athletics team stay focused, deliver historic medal haul

The Singapore team delivered 11 medals at the Games that were held in Hanoi, Vietnam earlier this month — one gold, three silvers and seven bronzes — the biggest haul since the 1993 instalment of the SEA Games, when the athletics team brought in 12 medals.

against SA's former executive director Syed Abdul Malik Aljunied over allegedly defamatory comments that Mr Malik had posted on his Facebook page then. Preferring not to name any specific cases, he said that his team's approach was to first de-escalate the conflicts. Agreeing, national 400m hurdler and SEA Games debutant Calvin Quek, 26, said that while it was his first time participating in the Games, he has heard a lot about the infighting that had taken place during previous Games.

He added that such infighting has had a"knock-on effect" of keeping sponsors away from the sport and blocks the pipeline of young talent. National hurdler Ang Chen Xiang was also able to break his national 110m hurdles record back in January at the Singapore Athletics National Championships, shaving 0.19s off the previous record and running 13.97s. The 27-year-old then went on to run another national record of 13.94s at the SEA Games to take home the silver medal.National hurdler Ang Chen Xiang as he competes in the 110m hurdles at the 31st SEA Games in Hanoi, winning his first medal — a silver.

"It's really about performance improvements in the hundreths of a second… Improvements in small ways," Mr Lien said.More work lies ahead should Singapore's athletics team want to build on their triumphs in Hanoi. His sights are set on the 2029 SEA Games, which would be again held in Singapore.

« Historic » medal haul? It feels like North Korea. Truth: nothing was historic. Singapore finished 6th out of 11 in of medals in the…. lowest level games. SEA Games dont even have the level of some high school games. If u want to improve in sport, u need to accept the truth.

well done.

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