Singapore lawyer… won a medal in athletics

Lawyer Tan Zong Yang won the bronze medal in the men’s 400m for the Singapore team for the first time in 47 years. He finished third at My Dinh Stadium on May 15 with a record of 47.46 seconds, behind Joshua Atkinson of Thailand (46.44) and Le Ngoc Phuc (47.27) of Vietnam. to receive the historic medal. A special feature, Tan Zong Yang is currently a lawyer. Before Yang, only two other Singaporeans had ever taken to the podium to receive medals in this event: Ho Mun Cheong in 1969 and Cheah Kim Teck in 1975.

In the women’s high jump event, Michelle Sng jumped over the 1.75m bar to become the first Singaporean woman to win three SEA Games medals in this subject with second place overall. She won bronze in 2015 and gold two years later. The gold medal belongs to Pham Thi Diem (1.78m) of Vietnam, the bronze medal also belongs to the hope of the host country, Pham Quynh Giang (1.70m).