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 [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘100m’
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 1, 2008
Who else after Calvin, Amanda and Balpreet? Well, here are three other names to track
The report:
TODAY reported on the contrasting fortunes of rising young sprinters Shahrir Mohd Anuar and Habibah Najihahbi in their respective 100m finals at the 11th Thailand Sports School Games. Shahrir was pipped to the gold in the Boys U-16 final in a controversial photo finish. He finished in 11.11secs, 0.01sec behind the Thai victor. Habibah, [...]
