After a 16-day run, the Asian Games that was held in Hangzhou, China, ended on Oct 8. It was a tough fight for our national athletes but Singapore managed to bag 16 medals: Three gold, six silvers and seven bronzes. While not everyone went back home with a win, recently-elected President Tharman Shanmugaratnam feels that all our athletes deserve a...
It was a tough fight for our national athletes but Singapore managed to bag 16 medals: Three gold, six silvers and seven bronzes.
He highlighted that our national athletes go through the "mental and emotional rollercoaster of competitive sports". For wushu, Jowen Lim won our first Asiad silver in men's wushu and Kimberly Ong snagged a bronze in women's wushu. And there was also Yeo Jia Min who was pitched against China's Olympics champion in the women’s singles and took a game off her before going down.
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