TEAM SINGAPORE BAGS LARGEST NUMBER OF MEDALS SINCE 1958 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Athletes Return Home Following Stellar Performances At The XIX Commonwealth Games In New Delhi With 31 Medals In Tow
Singapore, 15 October 2010 - Team Singapore ended its participation at the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on a high note with Yang Zi clinching the Gold medal at the Table Tennis Men's Singles event, bringing Singapore's total medal tally to 31, bettering our previous medal haul by 13 medals - the largest number of medal wins at any Commonwealth Games in its participation history.
2 Team Singapore has emerged with yet another winning performance at a major Games. This stellar performance was achieved despite the challenging environment. Expressing her pride and satisfaction, Chef-de-Mission Ms Annabel Pennefather said, "2010 has been a great year for sports in Singapore, especially so with Team Singapore producing sterling results at this year's Commonwealth Games. Despite trying circumstances, our athletes have broken records, rewritten history and we have discovered many talents that can take sports in Singapore to the next level."
Of Rising Stars
3 Singapore not only sent its largest-ever contingent comprising 65 athletes and 34 officials to the XIX Commonwealth Games, she also sent a relatively young contingent with 54 debutants and 28 athletes who are aged 21 and below. A stunning 74% of the Team Singapore medallists (17 of 23) are debutants, with one of them, shooter Gai Bin, bagging the most number of medals ever at the Commonwealth Games for Team Singapore. He contributed seven medals to the medal tally.
4 The Team Singapore contingent includes three young athletes who debuted at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore in August 2010 - archers Vanessa Loh and Elizabeth Cheok, as well as swimmer Arren Quek. More notably, Vanessa Loh showed maturity past her years when she held her own against her opponents and made it to the quarter-finals of the Individual Recurve event.
5 Another athlete who deserves special mention is paddler Pang Xue Jie. As the youngest member of an all-star team, Xue Jie proved in his performance that he was just as deserving of the prestigious spot as any one of his teammates. Even though he did not manage to secure a win in the Round of 32 of the Men's Singles event, he was the embodiment of the indomitable Team Singapore spirit as he put up a good fight against his worthy opponent from India.
Of Medal Calibre
6 Team Singapore clinched its first medal - a team gold - through an exciting win by marksmen Gai Bin and Nigel Lim Swee Hon at the Pairs 50m Pistol Men's event. The Pairs 50m Rifle Women's team quickly caught up with one more team gold medal through Jasmine Ser Xiang Wei and Aqilah Sudhir.
7 Throughout the days of the competition, shooting continued to strike many medals, in both the team and individual events. At the end of the nine-day competition for shooting, Team Singapore shooters secured 14 medals in total, making this their most fruitful outing at the Commonwealth Games in the history of Singapore.
8 Jasmine Ser became the first Singaporean to win an individual gold medal when she broke the Final Games Record (FGR) with a score of 501.7 points at the Singles 10m Air Rifle Women's competition. The 20-year-old returned home with four medals in tow - 2 gold and 2 silver medals.
Of Smashes and Aces
9 Singapore's women's table tennis team came into the Commonwealth Games as the reigning champions, and successfully defended their title against hosts India.
10 The women's team made it an all-Singaporean affair at the table tennis single's finals with Singapore's top seed 24-year-old Feng Tianwei clinching the gold medal for Singapore - her first individual gold at the Commonwealth Games. 21-year-old Yu Mengyu also achieved her best individual result at any major Games, clinching the silver medal.
11 The men's team showed that their hunger for the gold medal knew no bounds. In a nail-biting match, Gao Ning, who is the number one seeded player in the team, overcame his defeat in the first game and the pressure to come back and win the most crucial game for the team, making history for Team Singapore by winning the first ever Men's Table Tennis team gold at the Commonwealth Games.
12 Also for the first time in history at the Commonwealth Games, it was Singapore against Singapore at the single's men's gold medal match with Singapore's top two seeds battling it out for the gold medal while coaches sat among the crowd watching the match as spectators rather than as coaches.
Of Inspiration and Perseverance
13 Team Singapore at the XIX Commonwealth Games have shown that sports such as archery, gymnastics and shooting have made great strides over the last four years since the last Commonwealth Games.
14 David-Jonathan Chan made history when his performance on the pommel horse delighted the judges. With a bronze medal, the 25 year-old became the first Singaporean to ever win a medal for gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games. The very next day, his teammate, 21-year-old Lim Heem Wei, quickly caught up and became Singapore's first ever silver medallist in gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games. These gymnasts have put in years of hard work and perseverance and while many gymnasts of their age have retired, they believed in themselves and gave their all at the Games, delivering stellar results.
15 Even though the swimmers did not manage to clinch any medals, the young team of seven proved themselves by achieving 19 stunning personal best records, with debutant Dzulhaili Mohamed Kamal breaking five of his personal best records.
16 Team Singapore's para-swimmer James Leow and 100m para-sprinter Adam Kamis did the nation proud by giving their all at the Games, with Adam achieving his goal of breaking his personal best record.
Of A Job Well Done
17 Taking stock, CDM Pennefather said, "Our Team Singapore athletes carried themselves as champions both in victory and defeat. Not only did they give their all in competition but they displayed professionalism, respect and sportsmanship. The credit for this outstandingly successful Team Singapore performance belongs to the athletes and team officials and all those who have supported them from their respective National Sports Associations, the Singapore Sports Council, the Singapore National Olympic Council and most importantly their families who supported their participation in the Games."
18 "Team Singapore athletes and officials prepared themselves for a successful outing to the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, and outperformed themselves despite challenging circumstances. The results have shown that even though Singapore is a small nation, we can and will continue to make our mark in the international sporting arena," concluded CDM Pennefather.
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Annex A: Team Singapore Medal Tally at the XIX Commonwealth Games
TOTAL
MEDAL TALLY: 11 GOLD, 11 SILVER, 9 BRONZE
No.
Medal
Sport
Event
Name of
Athlete(s)
Total
1.
Gold
Shooting
Pairs 50m Pistol Men
GAI Bin & Nigel LIM Swee
Hon
11
2.
Gold
Shooting
Pairs 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
*Jasmine SER Xiang Wei & *Aqilah SUDHIR
3.
Gold
Table Tennis
Women's Team
FENG Tianwei, WANG Yuegu, LI Jiawei, YU Mengyu, SUN Beibei
4.
Gold
Table Tennis
Men's Team
GAO Ning, YANG Zi, MA Liang, CAI Xiaoli, PANG Xuejie
5.
Gold
Shooting
10m Air Rifle Women
*Jasmine SER Xiang Wei
6.
Gold
Shooting
Pairs 25m Standard Pistol Men
GAI Bin & POH Lip Meng
7.
Gold
Table Tennis
Mixed Doubles
YANG Zi & WANG Yuegu
8.
Gold
Table Tennis
Women's Singles
FENG Tianwei
9.
Gold
Shooting
Singles 25m Standard Pistol Men
GAI Bin
10.
Gold
Table Tennis
Women's Doubles
LI Jiawei & SUN Beibei
11.
Gold
Table Tennis
Men's Singles
YANG Zi
12.
Silver
Shooting
Singles 50m Pistol Men
GAI Bin
11
13.
Silver
Shooting
Singles 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
Jasmine SER Xiang Wei
14.
Silver
Gymnastics
Women's Beam
LIM Heem Wei
15.
Silver
Shooting
Singles 10m Air Pistol Men
GAI Bin
16.
Silver
Shooting
Pairs 10m Air Rifle Women
Jasmine SER Xiang Wei & CHENG JianHuan
17.
Silver
Table Tennis
Mixed Doubles
GAO Ning & FENG Tianwei
18.
Silver
Table Tennis
Men's Doubles
GAO Ning & YANG Zi
19.
Silver
Table Tennis
Women's Singles
YU Mengyu
20.
Silver
Badminton
Women's Doubles
YAO Lei & ShintaMulia Sari
21.
Silver
Table Tennis
Women's Doubles
FENG Tianwei & WANG Yuegu
22.
Silver
Table Tennis
Men's Singles
GAO Ning
23.
Bronze
Shooting
Singles 50m Pistol Men
Nigel LIM Swee Hon
9
24.
Bronze
Gymnastics
Men's Pommel Horse
David-Jonathan CHAN Thuang
Tong
25.
Bronze
Shooting
Pairs 10m Air Pistol Men
GAI Bin & Nigel LIM Swee
Hon
26.
Bronze
Shooting
Singles 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
Aqilah SUDHIR
27.
Bronze
Shooting
Pairs 25m Centrefire
Pistol Men
GAI Bin & POH Lip Meng
28.
Bronze
Shooting
Singles 25m Centrefire
Pistol Men
POH Lip Meng
29.
Bronze
Badminton
Mixed Doubles
Chayut TRIYACHART & YAO Lei
30.
Bronze
Table Tennis
Women's Singles
WANG Yuegu
31.
Bronze
Badminton
Men's Doubles
HendraWijaya & HendriKurniawanSaputra
*denotes new Commonwealth Games
Record
MEDAL BREAKDOWN BY ATHLETE
No.
Athlete
Personal Total
Sport
Event
Medal
Remarks
1.
GAI Bin
7 Medals
3 Gold
2 Silver
2 Bronze
Shooting
Pairs 50m Pistol Men
Gold
Team
Singles 50m Pistol Men
Silver
Individual
Singles 10m Pistol Men
Silver
Individual
Pairs 10m Air Pistol Men
Bronze
Team
Pairs 25m Centrefire
Pistol Men
Bronze
Team
Pairs 25m Standard Pistol Men
Gold
Team
Singles 25m Standard Pistol Men
Gold
Individual
2.
YANG Zi
4 Medals
3 Gold
1 Silver
Table Tennis
Men's Team
Gold
Team
Mixed Doubles
Gold
Team
Men's Doubles
Silver
Team
Men's Singles
Gold
Individual
3.
FENG Tianwei
4 Medals
2 Gold
2 Silver
Table Tennis
Women's Team
Gold
Team
Mixed Doubles
Silver
Team
Women's Singles
Gold
Individual
Women's Doubles
Silver
Team
4.
Jasmine SER Xiang Wei
4 Medals
2 Gold
2 Silver
Shooting
Pairs 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
Gold
Team
10m Air Rifle Women
Gold
Individual
Singles 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
Silver
Individual
Pairs 10m Air Rifle Women
Silver
Team
5.
WANG Yuegu
4 Medals
2 Gold
1 Silver
1 Bronze
Table Tennis
Women's Team
Gold
Team
Mixed Doubles
Gold
Team
Women's Singles
Bronze
Individual
Women's Doubles
Silver
Team
6.
GAO Ning
4 Medals
1 Gold
3 Silver
Table Tennis
Men's Team
Gold
Team
Mixed Doubles
Silver
Team
Men's Doubles
Silver
Team
Men's Singles
Silver
Individual
7.
Nigel LIM Swee Hon
3 Medals
1 Gold
2 Bronze
Shooting
Pairs 50m Pistol Men
Gold
Team
Singles 50m Pistol Men
Bronze
Individual
Pairs 10m Air Pistol Men
Bronze
Team
8.
POH Lip Meng
3 Medals
1 Gold
2 Bronze
Shooting
Pairs 25m Standard Pistol Men
Gold
Team
Pairs 25m Centrefire
Pistol Men
Bronze
Team
Singles 25m Centrefire
Pistol Men
Bronze
Individual
9.
Aqilah SUDHIR
2 Medals
1 Gold
1 Bronze
Shooting
Pairs 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
Gold
Team
Singles 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
Bronze
Individual
10.
LI Jiawei
2 Medals
2 Gold
Table Tennis
Women's Team
Gold
Team
Women's Doubles
Gold
Team
11.
SUN Beibei
2 Medals
2 Gold
Table Tennis
Women's Team
Gold
Team
Women's Doubles
Gold
Team
12.
YU Mengyu
2 Medals
1 Gold
1 Silver
Table Tennis
Women's Team
Gold
Team
Women's Singles
Silver
Individual
13.
YAO Lei
2 Medals
1 Silver
1 Bronze
Badminton
Mixed Doubles
Bronze
Team
Women's Doubles
Silver
Team
14.
CAI Xiaoli
1 Gold
Table Tennis
Men's Team
Gold
Team
15.
MA Liang
1 Gold
Table Tennis
Men's Team
Gold
Team
16.
PANG XueJie
1 Gold
Table Tennis
Men's Team
Gold
Team
17.
CHENG JianHuan
1 Silver
Shooting
Pairs 10m Air Rifle Women
Silver
Team
18.
LIM Heem Wei
1 Silver
Gymnastics
Women's Beam
Silver
Individual
19.
ShintaMulia Sari
1 Silver
Badminton
Women's Doubles
Silver
Team
20.
David-Jonathan CHAN Thuang
Tong
1 Bronze
Gymnastics
Men's Pommel Horse
Bronze
Individual
21.
Chayut TRIYACHART
1 Bronze
Badminton
Mixed Doubles
Bronze
Team
22.
HendriKurniawanSaputra
1 Bronze
Badminton
Men's Doubles
Bronze
Team
23.
HendraWijaya
1 Bronze
Badminton
Men's Doubles
Bronze
Team
Annex B: Team Singapore Achievements at the XIX Commonwealth Games
No.
Sport
Name
Age 21 &
below
Debutant
M/F
Personal
Best/Games Record Holder
1.
Archery
Vanessa LohTzeRong
√
√
F
2.
Wendy Tan Liu Jie
√
√
F
3.
Elizabeth CheokKhangLeng
√
√
F
4.
Athletics
MohdElifMustapa
√
M
5.
MuhdAmirudin
Jamal
√
M
6.
Lee Cheng Wei
√
M
7.
Gary YeoFooEr
√
M
8.
Calvin Kang Li Loong
√
√
M
9.
Athletics - Parasports
Adam Kamis
√
M
Personal Best Record: 100m
10.
Aquatics - Swimming
Richard ChngLijie
√
√
M
Personal Best Records:
4X100m Freestyle Relay (Heats)
4X100m
Freestyle Relay (Finals)
11.
Jeremy Kevin Matthews
√
√
M
Personal Best Record: 200m
Freestyle Relay (Heats)
Formed in 1973, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) is tasked with developing a holistic sports culture for the nation. The SSC creates opportunities for people to excel in sports; opportunities for people to be engaged in sports as, coaches, officials, volunteers or fans; and opportunities for people to do business in sports as sponsors and investors. The SSC has changed the way Singaporeans view and participate in sports. Through sports, we now have an enhanced national identity thanks to our sports participation programmes; greater national pride as a result of high performance results at international and regional games; and more diversified economic stability through our vibrant sports industry initiatives.
Originally mooted by the then-Ministry of Community Development and Sports, and launched on 20 April 2001 by then-Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan, Team Singapore is the united identity of elite athletes, coaches and officials from Singapore that represents the country in major multi-sport Games and identified international competitions.
The three core attributes of Pride, Performance and Perseverance anchor that which is the collective Team Singapore. Underscoring the traits of a winning team, these attributes are the important elements of sportsmanship and excellence that propel the nation forward to succeed on the world's sporting stage.
Team Singapore inspires our nation's athletic talents to continually evolve the level of elite sports in Singapore, while galvanising and connecting the community in support of their sporting endeavours.
Singapore participates in the Commonwealth Games as Commonwealth Games Singapore. This is the same organisation as the Singapore National Olympic Council. Singapore's involvement in the Commonwealth Games started in 1958 where the Games were held in Cardiff, Wales.
The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) / Commonwealth Games Singapore (CGS) is the national nonprofit organisation that coordinates the selection of Singaporean athletes for competition at the major games such as the Olympics, the Asian Games, the Commonwealth Games and the South East Asian Games. For more information, please visit www.snoc.org.sg.
