YOG Day 4 update at 3.25pm
Over at Bishan Stadium, Singapore's track and field athletes
began their campaigns today.
In the Boys' 1,000 metres qualifier, Zachary Ryan Devaraj
finished 8th out of 11 runners in a time of 2 minutes
32.27seconds.
The 15-year-old bettered his previous best mark by 5 tenths of a
second.
And despite failing to qualify for the top 8, the Anglo Chinese
School (Independent) student will feature in the B finals of the
1000 metres on Sunday.
Looking at the Girls' 100 metres heats, Singapore Sports School
student Liang Wei clocked 12.79 seconds to finish in 4th
place.
That was well below her personal best time of 12.58
seconds.
And over in the 100metres for Boys,
Great Britain's David Bolarinwa clocked 10.62 seconds for the
fastest time in the heats.
And he's set up a mouthwatering clash with Odean Skeen of Jamaica
who clocked 10.63 and Thai sprinter Jirapong Meenapra ran in a time
of 10.72seconds.
In Weightlifting,
In the Boy's under 77kg Final, Russia's Artem Okulov won the gold
lifting a total of 327kg.
Thailand's won the silver and Kazakhstan took bronze.
On to Rowing and the Boy's Single Sculls Final A, Rolandas
Mascinskas of Lithuania finished with a time of 3 minutes 13.82
seconds, winning gold.
Germany clinched the silver and bronze went to Romania.
In the Girl's event, Judith Sievers of Germany won gold,
finishing the 1000m distance in 3 minutes 44.21 seconds.
Nataliia Kovalova of Ukraine got the silver just 4 tenths of a
second behind, while France secured the bronze.
In the Boy's Pairs Final A, Grega Domanjko and June Grace of
Slovenia won the gold with a time of 3 minutes 5.65 seconds.
Greece won the silver and Australia received the bronze.
In the Girl's Pairs, Georgia Howard-Merrill and Fiona Gammond
clinched Great Britain’s second gold of the Games in a time of 3
minutes 28.6 seconds.
The girls from Australia secured the silver and Greece the
bronze.
-- 938Live