A month after his return to action for Singapore at the Cambodia SEA Games, distance runner Soh Rui Yong is once again out of the national fold and will...
While the SNOC declined to provide details, The Straits Times understands that the council had sent a long list to SA highlighting various comments that Soh had made on social media and to the press from March to May, including a podcast interview with a former footballer.
When contacted, two-time SEA Games marathon champion Soh said: “I am focused on training well and building on the positive momentum we managed to establish at the SEA Games. SA president Lien Choong Luen added: “We have reached out to SNOC while considering how to move forward constructively. Though we are disappointed, we understand their reasons for the decision.”
The 31-year-old was also not on the initial list of Asian Games athletes issued in April 2022, before the Asiad was postponed owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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