Calvin Quek set a new national mark of 51.19 seconds to finish behind winner Eric Cray of the Philippines.HANOI - He needed an appeal to earn his ticket to the SEA Games, but Calvin Quek justified his inclusion on Tuesday after he won Singapore's first medal in the men's 400m hurdles since 1969.
The 26-year-old set a new national mark of 51.19 seconds to finish behind winner Eric Cray of the Philippines and Vietnam's Quach Cong Lich at the My Dinh National Stadium. Singapore's last medal in the event at the SEA Games came over half a century ago, when A. Sadayyapan also won bronze in Rangoon, now known as Yangon.
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