National sprinter Calvin Kang could not find the accelerator this morning as the 18-year-old finished sixth in his 100m heat in 10.73sec.
The time was 0.2sec slower than the national junior record of 10.53sec which he set at the Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Jakarta in June.
It was hoped that running alongside Athens Games silver medalist Francis Obikwelu [...]
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August 15, 2008
Newsflash: Calvin finishes sixth in Olympics 100m heat
August 14, 2008
Newsflash: Calvin to race against Walter Dix and Francis Obikwelu in 100m heat
National sprinter Calvin Kang will find himself rubbing shoulders with US sprinter Walter Dix and Olympic silver medallist Francis Obikwelu during his 100m heat at the Beijing Olympics tomorrow morning (10.33am).
The 18-year-old Singapore Sports School graduate was given a wildcard entry to the Games by the Singapore Athletics Association after setting a national junior record [...]
August 6, 2008
So who is the national U-17 pole vault record holder? Solomon Tan or Benjamin Ng? The SAA says…
The report:
This was actually the second part of my previous post on Koh Thong En breaking the national junior record for the javelin. I had also written about Benjamin Ng possibly breaking the National U-17 pole vault record:
“Meanwhile, it looks like young Benjamin Ng of Hwa Chong Institution may have pole-vaulted his way to a new national [...]
