Veteran lawyer Edmond Pereira throws his hat into ring to be SA chief

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The race to become the new chief of the embattled Singapore Athletics (SA) heated up yesterday as veteran lawyer Edmond Pereira announced his bid to replace the outgoing Tang Weng Fei. The executive director of Edmond Pereira Law Corporation has unveiled a nine-person slate...

"This is not a sprint we are embarking into, but will be a marathon, and the team is determined to get down to work as soon as possible, for the benefit of the affiliates, the athletes, officials and everyone who loves track and field.Pereira is a veteran of SA's elections. The Flash Athletics Club president and former national sprinter contested on four previous occasions - in 1983, 1985, 2000 and 2016.

Two of the individuals on TeamSGP Athletics' slate, Ang and S. Govindaraju, are part of SA's current management committee under Tang.A public spat between athletes Soh Rui Yong and Ashley Liew is currently being played out in court. Two-time SEA Games marathon gold medallist Soh is also embroiled in legal proceedings with SA over comments made regarding his omission from the 2019 Games.

In July, former SA vice-president Loh Siang Piow, better known in the fraternity as Loh Chan Pew, was sentenced to 21 months' jail for molesting a teenage athlete twice in 2013.At last December's SEA Games in the Philippines, the Republic's contingent bagged just three bronzes, after claiming eight medals in 2017 and nine in 2015.

After the biennial Games, SA was slammed by national sports agency Sport Singapore for internal discord, with three coaches resigning soon after.

 

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