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The Star
26-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Jing Xuan all pumped up to break national record in Gumi
PETALING JAYA: National javelin thrower Ng Jing Xuan is confident she has what it takes to break the 50m mark at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Gumi, South Korea, starting today. The 20-year-old said she is feeling motivated after competing at the Hong Kong Athletics Championships last month, and is hopeful to set a new national record in South Korea.
The Star
18-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Teen discus thrower Riess rises to the occasion in HK Open
PETALING JAYA: At just 17, Riess William Ling Eng Meng is already making waves in the athletics scene and his latest performance proves he's no ordinary teenager. Competing against seasoned athletes at the Hong Kong Athletics Championships last week, Riess stunned the field by clinching the men's discus gold with a commanding throw of 48.63m at the Wan Chai Sports Ground.
Borneo Post
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Borneo Post
S'wakian hammer thrower Grace Wong eyes breaking 60m mark in quest for Asian medal (Video)
(From left) Grace poses with gold medallist Taehui Kim from Korea and bronze medallist Hiu Ki Tam from Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Athletics Championships. – Screengrab from Facebook/Olahraga Malaysia/Malaysia Athletics KUCHING (May 16): National hammer thrower Grace Wong Xiu Mei has set her sights on breaking the 60-metre mark and achieve a podium finish at the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea on May 27-31. The 25-year-old athlete from Sarikei threw 57.99m at the Hong Kong Athletics Championships last weekend for the silver medal. However, this was poorer than her personal national record of 62.48m and best score of 58.91m this season at the Philippines Athletics Championships early this month. 'Although I won the silver medal, I know I can do better. Currently, I am just maintaining my basic form and am not at my peak yet. 'I have the next two weeks to adjust and improve. I will focus on strengthening my strength and technique. I hope to make a breakthrough in the Asian Championships and even compete for a medal,' said Grace, who is ranked 219 globally for women's hammer throw, in an interview. In 2015, at the young age of 15, Grace represented Malaysia at the Wuhan Asian Athletics Championships and ranked fifth with a distance of 53.10m, becoming the youngest participant in the Malaysian delegation. Since then, she has continued to improve, throwing 57.18m in Bhubaneswar, India in 2017 and finishing in eighth position, while at the 2023 Asian Championships in Pattaya, Thailand she finished in seventh place with 57.99m. Her Southeast Asian Games record has been stellar with gold medals at the 2017 Kuala Lumpur SEA Games, 2022 Hanoi SEA Games, and 2023 Cambodia SEA Games, where she set a throw of 61.87m. Her national record of 62.48m was set at the 2023 Malaysian Athletics Grand Prix. Currently returning to the National Sports Council for training, Grace will take the Asian Athletics Championships as her new goal and also looks forward to the SEA Games, which will be held in Bangkok, Thailand at the end of the year. Asian Athletics Championships Grace Wong Xiu Mei Gumi lead
New Paper
11-05-2025
- Sport
- New Paper
Vanessa Lee sets her second national record of 2025
Vanessa Lee's national record-breaking spree continues as she rewrote her own women's 3,000m steeplechase mark with a time of 11min 4.18sec to finish third at the Hong Kong Athletics Championships on May 10. She shaved almost five seconds off her previous best of 11:09.16 set at the 2024 Singapore Open, as she gets closer to Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Huong's 2023 SEA Games bronze-medal time of 11:00.85, which is also the qualifying mark for this year's SEA Games set by the Singapore National Olympic Council. Ahead of her, South Korea's Bohana Nbm won in 10:48.01 and Hong Kong's Tsang Hiu Tung was second in 11:01.52. Lee, 27, has been in fine form over the last couple of years. Besides the steeplechase mark, she also holds four other national records in the women's 10km road race (35:55), 10km cross country (40:21), mile (5:18.63) and 5,000m (17:06.69). Her 5,000m record was set at the Box Hill Run in Melbourne, Australia in March, obliterating her previous mark of 17:26.62 clocked in 2024. Lee had finished sixth in the women's 5,000m and seventh in the 10,000m at the 2023 SEA Games, but her women's 5,000m personal best is faster than Vietnamese Pham Thi Hong Le's silver-medal winning time of 17:06.72. Also at the Wan Chai Sports Ground, 21-year-old Elizabeth-Ann Tan broke sprint queen Shanti Pereira's national women's under-23 record in the 100m by a hundredth of a second when she won her semi-final in 11.72 to qualify for the final on May 11 as the second-fastest athlete behind Hong Kong's Chan Pui Kei, who won her semi-final in 11.70. Pereira had set the previous mark of 11.73 at the 2017 SEA Games and equalled the time at the 2018 Singapore Open, while Tan also clocked the same time at the 2025 Singapore Open in April.
Straits Times
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Singapore's Vanessa Lee sets her second national record of 2025 by lowering steeplechase mark
Vanessa Lee has set a national record in the women's 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 11min 4.18sec at the Hong Kong Athletics Championships. PHOTO: ST FILE Singapore's Vanessa Lee sets her second national record of 2025 by lowering steeplechase mark SINGAPORE – Vanessa Lee's national record-breaking spree continues as she rewrote her own women's 3,000m steeplechase mark with a time of 11min 4.18sec to finish third at the Hong Kong Athletics Championships on May 10. She shaved almost five seconds off her previous best of 11:09.16 set at the 2024 Singapore Open, as she gets closer to Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Huong's 2023 SEA Games bronze-medal time of 11:00.85, which is also the qualifying mark for this year's SEA Games set by the Singapore National Olympic Council. Ahead of her, South Korea's Bohana Nbm won in 10:48.01 and Hong Kong's Tsang Hiu Tung was second in 11:01.52. Lee, 27, has been in fine form over the last couple of years. Besides the steeplechase mark, she also holds four other national records in the women's 10km road race (35:55), 10km cross country (40:21), mile (5:18.63) and 5,000m (17:06.69). Her 5,000m record was set at the Box Hill Run in Melbourne, Australia in March, obliterating her previous mark of 17:26.62 clocked in 2024. Lee had finished sixth in the women's 5,000m and seventh in the 10,000m at the 2023 SEA Games, but her women's 5,000m personal best is faster than Vietnamese Pham Thi Hong Le's silver-medal winning time of 17:06.72. Also at the Wan Chai Sports Ground, 21-year-old Elizabeth-Ann Tan broke sprint queen Shanti Pereira's national women's under-23 record in the 100m by a hundredth of a second when she won her semi-final in 11.72 to qualify for the final on May 11 as the second-fastest athlete behind Hong Kong's Chan Pui Kei, who won her semi-final in 11.70. Pereira had set the previous mark of 11.73 at the 2017 SEA Games and equalled the time at the 2018 Singapore Open, while Tan also clocked the same time at the 2025 Singapore Open in April. David Lee is senior sports correspondent at The Straits Times focusing on aquatics, badminton, basketball, cue sports, football and table tennis. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
