Athletics at YOG (Day 5)

Golds and Personal Best timings are what these YOG athletes came here for. Many have already made an impression to the world but there were still a few other events to watch out for at Bishan Stadium on Day 5 of the YOG Athletics.

Zachary Ryan Devaraj from Singapore gave it his all at his final run in the 1000m B Final and that got him a personal best timing of 2min 31.75secs. He was one of the other 6 who managed to run a PB.

In the Girls 200m A finals, Nkiruka Florence Nwakwe from Nigeria won the finals with an absolutely stunning timing of 23.46secs which also is her new personal best timing. This final also had many doing their PBs.

Lastly, the highlight for sprint events at Bishan came from the 200m Boys A finals. Zhenye Xie from China who was favourite to win came in 1st with a timing of 21.22secs. It was a 1-2 finish for the asians as Japan took the Silver with a timing of 21.27secs.