Till today, Tao Li continues to swim and inspire the younger generation through founding and coaching at Tao Li Swimming Club. Follow Tao Li on Facebook and Instagram. He achieved a national record in the m freestyle event, placing 23rd out of 57 competitors.
Mark was awarded Sportsman Of The Year in By his next Olympic appearance, he clinched 8 medals in total, 4 of them being gold. Retiring from swimming in , Mark tied the knot with his girlfriend in November In January he was chosen as one of the 9 nominated members of the parliament in Singapore for the 14th Parliament. Follow Mark on Instagram. Nicolette Teo took part in 3 Olympic games in , and , specialising in backstroke.
She then went on to be the co-director of L. A Spirits Awards in alongside Joel Blum, whom she has been working with for many years. Follow Nicolette on Twitter. After her team lost to China in the finals and earned a silver medal, this marked the first time that Singapore had won an Olympic medal since Jia Wei dated Indonesian-born badminton player Ronald Susilo in and the couple was engaged in After 5 and a half years of dating however, they broke up in over financial disputes.
Jia Wei went on to marry Li Chao, a Chinese businessman. Though she coaches kids often, Jia Wei shared that teaching her own son table tennis had been a struggle in an interview with The Straits Times in Jing Jun Hong was formally a highly-ranked table tennis player in China before moving to Singapore.
However, she was forced to step down in after paddler Yu Meng Yu accused her of disrupting her preparations before a match. There has not been any public updates about her since.
Ronald Susilo joined the Singapore Badminton Association when he was 19 years old. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the SEA Games. Many might recognise him as the national flag-bearer at the Summer Olympics opening. In his very first Olympic match, Ronald beat world number 1 badminton player Lin Dan in straight sets and made it to the quarter-finals.
However, he retired from the sport in due to injuries on his shoulder. Ronald founded the Ronald Susilo Sports Enterprise in and is currently leading the academy as head coach. He married Widyana Mulia in and the couple welcomed a daughter 3 years later. Ronald made a surprise comeback in , but was forced to pull out from the SEA Games due to a muscle tear in his hip. Follow Ronald on Facebook. He was also the team captain from to , and was the first Singaporean footballer to play in Europe.
But he came out of retirement to win at the and Games. His mark of Young was the face of Singapore bowling from the mid s to the late s, competing in five SEA Games.
She was also the one who was given the honour of lighting the Games flame when Singapore last hosted the SEA Games in She was forced to retire after the Asiad due to a potentially crippling tendinitis injury in her fingers. The two-time Sportsman of the Year winner, who is an avid triathlete, continued to give back to sports and even took on the role of chef de mission at the Asian Youth Games. That year, he pulled off a shock upset over reigning world champion Icuk Sugiarto of Indonesia, and beat another Indonesian star, Hastomo Arbi in the final.
This June Games will welcome more than 7, athletes and officials. Most of the sports offered are on the Olympic programme but in keeping with the rich cultural diversity of the region, several niche events like pencak silat, sepak takraw and dragon boating also feature heavily. This competitiveness has in fact led to one of the long-standing criticism of it as host countries, given discretion to pick some sports and keen to increase their own medal haul, have taken advantage of this power to select events that favour them.
This has led to the sometimes one-off inclusion of non-mainstream sports like paragliding, shuttlecock-kicking and fin swimming. Thailand, who has hosted the Games a record six times from 27 Seap and SEA Games, are the most successful nation with 1, golds, ahead of Indonesia 1, and Malaysia 1, And as it has in the past, the 28th Games will offer a stage for medals to be won, records to be set and stars to be born.
Despite her lack of height, she combined explosive movement with elegant shotmaking and was one of the most successful players in the history of the women's game. In his heyday, he was regarded as the fastest man in Asia and backed up that claim by winning three gold medals at the Bangkok Asian Games.
She also bagged two Asian Games golds in the m and her time of The Filipino legend is hailed as one of the greatest pool players in the history of the sport. The Thai government is funding the construction of the new stadium and is also helping to improve the old stadium, at a cost of more than 20 billion kip 85 million baht. Construction began last February and is expected to be finished in October. The new indoor stadium has 1, seats, and will host the kick-boxing events.
The old stadium will be used to host competitions in shuttlecock. More than 60 Lao workers have been joined by 70 Thai labourers to work on the stadium projects. The old indoor stadium at the Vientiane Sports Department has long held competitions in muay lao, in addition to Lao Volleyball Federation fixtures. Meanwhile, the Lao-Japan Budo Centre in Anou village, Chanthabouly district, is being built with grant aid from the Japanese government, valued at 56 billion kip.
Construction began last December, and is set for completion in October. The Budo Centre will host competitions in the martial arts such as karatedo and judo.
The National University 's football stadium, assembly hall, Phonesavanh School and the Taekwondo Training Centre will also host events. By Sangkhomsay Bubphanouvong. Posted on May 1, at AM. Vientiane games Vientiane indoor stadium officially open!
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