
Matthew Mohan
Correspondent at Channel NewsAsia
Correspondent @ChannelNewsAsia, ex @AFP stringer. Reach me at [email protected].
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6 days ago |
channelnewsasia.com | Matthew Mohan
SINGAPORE: Singapore sprint queen Shanti Pereira missed out defending her crown by 0.01s after a nail-biting finish in the women's 200m final at the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, on Saturday (May 31). Pereira clocked 22.98s but was pipped to the line by China's Chen Yujie, who timed 22.97s. China's Li Yuting took bronze in 23.23s. Pereira finished second overall in the heats on Friday to book her spot in the final. Earlier in the week, Pereira took silver in the 100m.
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1 week ago |
channelnewsasia.com | Matthew Mohan
SINGAPORE: A record which has withstood the test of time fell on Friday (May 30) when Thiruben Thana Rajan clocked 1:49.94 in the men’s 800m at the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea. This eclipses the national record of 1:50.56 (electronic timing) set by Sinnathambi Pandian at the 7th Asian Track & Field meet in 1987. Surendra Subramani clocked a hand-timed mark of 1:49.9 in 1983.
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1 week ago |
channelnewsasia.com | Matthew Mohan
SINGAPORE: Loh Kean Yew's run at the Singapore Open ended on Friday (May 30) as he lost in an upset to France's Christo Popov in the men's singles quarter-finals. The world number 23 Popov took the match 21-10, 21-14 to advance to the last four, where he will face China's Lu Guangzu. The victory means that Popov has now won three of the six meetings against Loh. He had also beaten Loh at the 2023 edition of the tournament in the round of 16.
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1 week ago |
channelnewsasia.com | Matthew Mohan
SINGAPORE: There were contrasting fortunes for Singapore's top badminton players on Thursday (May 29) as Loh Kean Yew booked his spot in the Singapore Open men's singles quarterfinals, while Yeo Jia Min exited the tournament in the round of 16. At the Singapore Indoor Stadium, world number 10 Loh mounted a sensational comeback late on to beat France's Toma Junior Popov 21-12, 14-21, 21-18 in 65 minutes. "I was pretty lucky at the end.
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1 week ago |
channelnewsasia.com | Matthew Mohan
SINGAPORE: Singapore sprint queen Shanti Pereira clinched a 100m silver at the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, on Wednesday (May 28). Pereira, the defending champion in the event as well as the 200m, clocked a time of 11.41s to finish behind China's Liang Xiaojing, who had a time of 11.37s. Vietnam's Tran Thi Nhi Yen took bronze with a time of 11.54s.
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