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Long-time national records for female events tumbling like ten pins.
The Straits Times
www.straitstimes.com
Published on May 14, 2015
[h=1]Athletics: New Singapore records set in all four women's jump events this year[/h][h=2][/h]
By Chuan Limin
Singapore athletes are taking a great leap forward, with all four national records in women's jump events broken this year.
Michelle Sng cleared 1.84m in the high jump at the Philippine National Open-Invitational Athletics Championships and Rachel Yang soared past 3.83m in the pole vault at the Malaysia Open in March.
Lynette Lim rewrote the triple jump mark with a 11.94m effort at the National Inter-Schools A Division competition in April while Eugenia Tan dazzled with her 5.94m long jump in the Singapore Athletics Track and Field Series 4 last week.
Said Sng: "It was a proud moment when I got the message that Eugenia broke the long jump record. That all four records were broken this year says a lot.
"Records are meant to be broken. It's great for the sport if you see others coming close to it."
The long jumper, along with three other national athletes - race walker Edmund Sim plus long-distance runners Jeevanesh Soundararajah and Banjamin Quek, were present at the launch of the Asics Suntec City store on Thursday.
Its FOOT ID system offers customers a free analysis of their feet shape and size, as well as how they run, to help them make the right shoe purchase.
The Straits Times
www.straitstimes.com
Published on May 14, 2015
[h=1]Athletics: New Singapore records set in all four women's jump events this year[/h][h=2][/h]
By Chuan Limin
Singapore athletes are taking a great leap forward, with all four national records in women's jump events broken this year.
Michelle Sng cleared 1.84m in the high jump at the Philippine National Open-Invitational Athletics Championships and Rachel Yang soared past 3.83m in the pole vault at the Malaysia Open in March.
Lynette Lim rewrote the triple jump mark with a 11.94m effort at the National Inter-Schools A Division competition in April while Eugenia Tan dazzled with her 5.94m long jump in the Singapore Athletics Track and Field Series 4 last week.
Said Sng: "It was a proud moment when I got the message that Eugenia broke the long jump record. That all four records were broken this year says a lot.
"Records are meant to be broken. It's great for the sport if you see others coming close to it."
The long jumper, along with three other national athletes - race walker Edmund Sim plus long-distance runners Jeevanesh Soundararajah and Banjamin Quek, were present at the launch of the Asics Suntec City store on Thursday.
Its FOOT ID system offers customers a free analysis of their feet shape and size, as well as how they run, to help them make the right shoe purchase.
