S'pore Athletics elections: Mending of rifts to drive agenda

Unity & trust form cornerstone of both slates ahead of SA election amid all the infighting

Lawyer Edmond Pereira's TeamSGP Athletics will go head-to-head with Team Ground Up led by Gojek general manager Lien Choong Luen in Friday's Singapore Athletics election. ST FILE PHOTOS
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Unity and trust will be at the forefront of the battle for Singapore Athletics' top posts as the local track and field fraternity elects its new leaders on Friday.

SA's 23 affiliates will decide just their fourth president in almost four decades against a backdrop of legal issues and high-profile disputes that have dogged the sport in recent years.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 21, 2020, with the headline S'pore Athletics elections: Mending of rifts to drive agenda. Subscribe