Hurdles for safety code
Cost of tests and lack of single regulator among issues but legislation is the ultimate target
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Bodybuilder Pradip Subramanian slugging it out with YouTube personality Steven Lim in 2017. He had to be helped out of the ring and was rushed to hospital but died.
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Nicole Chia, Sazali Abdul Aziz
Costs of medical tests and a lack of a local sanctioning body for combat sports could hamper the authorities' imminent move to introduce a code of practice here to ensure sports safety in the fast-growing martial arts scene.
Following the death of bodybuilder Pradip Subramanian in September 2017 after a celebrity muay thai bout with YouTube personality Steven Lim, Sport Singapore issued a Sports Safety Committee report in March last year.
