SINGAPORE: Singapore's top distance runner Soh Rui Yong will miss the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou, China after being once again left out of the national selection. The 31-year-old was not included in the Singapore National Olympic Council's (SNOC) list of successful appeals for the Games, published on
SINGAPORE: Singapore's top distance runner Soh Rui Yong will miss the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou, China after being once again left out of the national selection.
"In particular, Mr Soh continued to make disparaging and derisive remarks about others in the public domain. This behaviour does not commensurate with his apology given, undermines the sincerity of his commitment to avoid posting controversial content on social media, and renders his assurance to conduct himself in a more constructive, mature and professional manner hollow.
According to SNOC, National Sports Associations who wish to nominate athletes for the SEA Games and Asian Games need to establish qualifying standards and criteria at least 13 months before these events. Athletes need to meet such standards at NSA-sanctioned championships and time trials. To be eligible to be nominated by Singapore Athletics, athletes are among other things required to compete at identified competitions for"fitness and performance monitoring" at least five months before the Asiad competition dates from Sep 23 to Oct 8.The Games selection committee is chaired by SNOC president and Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin. The committee includes vice-presidents Benedict Tan and Juliana Seow, honorary treasurer Lee Wung Yew and various other members.
These achievements should take place at NSA-sanctioned championships and trials, but NSAs can submit achievements from overseas championships and meets, for athletes studying in overseas tertiary institutions. However, these have to be “properly accredited and sanctioned” to be accepted. "There's no reason that it to be viewed in binaries or black or white, because being an athlete is a lot more complex than winning medals," said Shyam, who was speaking generally rather than on Soh's case.
At the same time, the nature of an individual's infractions must also be considered when an assessment is made, he pointed out.
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