Singapore's athletics body to issue advisory on coach-athlete boundaries

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SA GENERAL MANAGER YIP RENKAI
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The Singapore Athletics (SA), the national governing body for track and field, with input from the Singapore Police Force (SPF), is working on an advisory to be issued in the near future to remind coaches and athletes of the boundaries of coach-athlete relationships.

SA general manager Yip Renkai told The Straits Times that the SPF had approached the association last month to work together towards the "education of athletes and coaches, and trying to take preventive rather than reactive action".

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 07, 2018, with the headline Singapore's athletics body to issue advisory on coach-athlete boundaries. Subscribe