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Serious Ingrate Sinkie Athlete Refuses To Contribute His Winnings To Sinkie Athletics Org!

JohnTan

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National athlete Soh Rui Yong says he retained his SEA Games marathon gold "without any coaching help" from Singapore Athletics (SA) ahead of last month's biennial event in Kuala Lumpur.

That is one of the reasons the 26-year-old is chafing at having to donate $2,000 to SA, which governs local track and field.

He told The Straits Times (ST) yesterday: "As a marathon runner who has now won the (SEA Games) gold twice, I have done it without any coaching help from SA. I'd rather the $2,000 go to my coach (American Ben Rosario), who has helped me way more than most SA administrators have."


"The bulk of public funding I received to train for the SEA Games came from the SSI (Singapore Sports Institute), not SA."

As an individual SEA Games champion, he will receive $10,000 under the Multi-Million Dollar Award Programme (MAP), which provides a cash payout to athletes who win medals at the Olympic, Asian, Commonwealth and SEA Games. For the Olympic, Asian and SEA Games, they have to donate 20 per cent of the MAP awards to their respective federations for future training and development. The quantum for the Commonwealth Games is 50 per cent.

Soh estimates that he forked out over $2,000 of his own money to train for the SEA Games.

One other grouse is the infighting that plagued the local athletics fraternity over the past year. Soh pointed out: "SA should be supporting athletes morally as well."

SA president Ho Mun Cheong does not object to allowing Soh to retain the entire sum as long as the relevant authorities are in agreement. But he insisted that SA has been funding its athletes.

Soh is slated to receive a $1,200 monthly allowance from the association this year in quarterly disbursements. The sum adds up to $10,800 for the year so far. To date, Soh has received $7,200 from SA this year. ST understands that SA has also disbursed at least $50,000 over the past three years to Soh and his former coach Ian Dobson.

Ho said: "We always support all our athletes as we want them to get exposure and good competition experience, and to encourage youth development."

Correction note: This story has been edited to clarify that Soh is slated to receive a $1,200 monthly allowance from Singapore Athletics (SA) this year in quarterly disbursements. The sum adds up to $10,800 for the year so far. To date, Soh has received $7,200 from SA this year.

http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/a...ng-help-from-singapore-athletics-ahead-of-sea
 

Pek Kim Lui

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Re: Ingrate Sinkie Athlete Refuses To Contribute His Winnings To Sinkie Athletics Org

schooling let many asses claim his credit........... shamesless papigs even kfc gets to wear the gold..........wtf has he done other than deferred his son:s ns 12 yrs.......
 

Hangover

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Don't accuse of local athletes of being low morale or no loyalty lor.

You try talking to our local athletes,they will tell you, since the army officers took helm as Singapore Sports Council and sports associations, everything screw up. Army people simply bulldoze their way through like the happy days in army when they demand their subordinates to do this and that. Ended up, a lot of bullying and accounting malpractices emerged, intentional or unintentional, leaving cans of worms in these establishments waiting to explode.

Does anyone in the government bothers to listen to athletes?
Even internationally, do we know what we are doing? Still remember a year ago, we were the only one who voted against 44 others Asian football chiefs in AFC congress?

They are elites, we are shit
 
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borom

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More sinkies should learn from his example and stand up for what they think is right.
otherwise we are no better than sheeps who let Pinoys, PRC's and Indian nationals push us around.

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave." Elmer Davis
 

scroobal

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Which sports association prospered under PAP MPs and retired Army Officers who can't find a job. Take the Table Tennis team, despite the haul of medals even some from the Olympics it was not accepted by Singaporeans.

I always wondered why Army Officers? What exactly do they bring to the table in Sports. I know that many countries especially in the past when sportsmen had to be amateurs they were employed by the army and the Police to give them an income.
 

borom

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self preservation=neutralising or co-opting people/groups who may posed a threat to you. But to use taxpayers monies/public funds to supress the very same taxpayers ?
 
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