Ang Chen Xiang is an athlete from Singapore specialising in the 110m hurdles. He has held and rewritten the national record for the event several times.
 Ang competing in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games | ||||||||||||||||||
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| National team | Singapore | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 March 1994[1] Singapore | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | 110m hurdles | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Education and personal life
editAng was educated at Raffles Institution.[2] At the A Division National Championships, he won back-to-back titles in the 110m hurdles.[2] He attended National University of Singapore to earn his medical degree.[3]
Ang's brother, Ang Ding Hui, also competed in the 110m hurdles and later became his coach.[4]
Ang is a Christian.[5]
Athletic career
editIn 2015, Ang ran 14.44s to set the national record for the 110m hurdles, which he bettered the same year during the 2015 SEA Games (14.38s).[6] In 2017, he clocked 14.19s at the Thailand Open—after putting his medical studies at NUS on hold—but the record was not ratified.[3] In 2019, he broke the national mark thrice: twice during the Singapore Open (14.27s and 14.26s) and once during the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha (14.25s).[7]
On 15 January 2022, Ang again rewrote the record for the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.16s.[8] Eight days later, he became the first ever Singaporean to clock a sub-14 in the event, setting a new national mark of 13.97s at the Singapore National Championships and qualifying for the 2021 SEA Games in the process.[5] There, he ran 13.94s to win a silver, Singapore's first medal at the event since 1989.[9] On 1 April 2023, he rewrote his record after winning the Hong Kong Athletics Series 3 competition with a timing of 13.90s.[10] Later in the same month, he ran 13.89s at the Singapore Open.[11] On 10 May 2023, Ang clocked 13.83s to win the joint gold at the 2023 SEA Games in Phnom Penh; this was Singapore's first gold in the event since 1967.[12]
Ang took part in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. He clocked 13.90s in the heats to qualify for the final.[13]
Ang also holds the national record for indoor 60m hurdles (8.16s);[14] his personal best for the same event outdoors is 7.22s.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Chen Xiang ANG | Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Raffles Institution – Page 69 – RED SPORTS". www.redsports.sg.
- ^ a b "Gap year pays off for Ang, as he hurdles to new record". TODAY. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Ang brothers take top spots at SA Inter Club 110m hurdles". 30 October 2017.
- ^ a b Auto, Hermes (23 January 2022). "Athletics: Hurdler Ang Chen Xiang betters own record again at national c'ships | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ Lum, Nicole. "SEA Games Athletics (110m & 100m Hurdles): Ang Chen Xiang betters national record; 2 other Singaporeans debut". RED SPORTS.
- ^ Chia, Nicole (23 April 2019). "Athletics: Hurdler Ang Chen Xiang rewrites own 110m hurdles national record at Asian C'ships in Doha". The Straits Times. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ Auto, Hermes (15 January 2022). "Athletics: Ang Chen Xiang breaks 110m hurdles national record, targets SEA Games | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
- ^ Auto, Hermes (16 May 2022). "SEA Games: Singapore hurdler Ang Chen Xiang wins historic silver, sets new national record | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
- ^ Lim, Kolette (1 April 2023). "Shanti Pereira wins 100m at Australian Open Track and Field Championships, lowers national record again". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "SEA Games 2023: Joy for hurdler Ang Chen Xiang as 110m silver dramatically turns to gold". Yahoo News. 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Singapore hurdler Ang Chen Xiang awarded SEA Games gold after appeal, breaks own national record". CNA.
- ^ "Hangzhou 2022: Team Singapore's runners proud to compete at the Asiad".
- ^ "www.singaporeathletics.org.sg/download/22165/". singaporeathletics.org.sg. Retrieved 15 January 2022.