Ang Chen Xiang
 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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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.
Education and personal life
[edit]Ang 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
[edit]In 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.