Author Archives: Shirley
Most Number Of Successful Water Bottle Flips In 1 Hr
Radin Mas Primary School’s 90th anniversary celebration on 8 Aug 2016 was a games day. One of the games the students played was the flipping of water bottles filled with some water and making them land upright. For one hour, more than 1,300 students took turns at the 20 stations to do the somersault throws and got the bottles upright a total of 1,588 ... Read More »
World’s Longest Inline Skating Chain
On 6 Aug 2006, 280 inline skaters formed a chain by holding the waist of the person in front and skated together over a 200m distance. The world record-setting feat was part of the Samsung Inline Skating Festival 2006 at the Padang. The festival was also the largest inline skating event with 1,300 registered participants. Read More »
Most Consecutive Gold Medalist In SEA Games
James Wong, 42, clinched his ninth discus gold medal in the 2011 SEA Games in Palembang. He achieved 7 consecutive golds since his first win in the 1993 SEA Games. He also had a SEA Games gold for hammer throw in 1997. Read More »
First And Most Asian Games Golds
In 1951, Neo Chwee Kok earned the honour of winning the first gold medal in Asian Games history. Dubbed the ‘Flying Fish,’ he won an astounding tally of 4 golds in the 1,500m, 400m, 800m and the 4 x 100m relay in the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi. The other teammates in the relay were Lionel Chee, Wiebe Wolters ... Read More »
First Woman To Reach A World Swimming Finals
In Mar 2007, Singapore Sports School student Tao Li became the first Singapore woman to reach a World Championships final. In Melbourne, she achieved the seventh spot in the women’s 50m butterfly clocking 26.80 sec. Specialising in butterfly and backstroke events, Tao Li won 4 golds at the 2005 SEA Games. Read More »
