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SHANTI INSPIRES RECORD FEATS
The Straits Times
|April 26, 2025
Three marks fall on final day of National School Games' track and field championships
When Clara Lim of Raffles Institution and Admiralty Secondary School's Oliver Fiore took to the National Stadium track on April 25, they did not just plan on winning. They wanted to win big—and they did. Both of them broke records on the final day of the National Schools Games (NSG) track and field championships.
Clara clocked 12.12sec in the A Division girls' 100m final to lower the 12.21 mark set just over a year ago by herself, while Oliver won the B Division boys' 1,500m final in a record 4min 9.03sec, eclipsing the previous standard of 4:12.61, which was recorded in 2010 by Zachary Devaraj of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent).
Clara, 18, said: "The benchmark was already set by me last year to break the record and then to do it again was definitely something I was working towards. I think beating my record really shows me bettering my standards and being able to push the limits."
Teh Ying Shan of Nanyang Junior College was second in 12.33, with Hwa Chong Institution's (HCI) Rachel Soh third (12.36).
This story is from the April 26, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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