Team Singapore athletes bank on biomechanics, analytics to boost SEA Games performance

At the Thailand Open Track & Field Championships in June, she came just 2cm shy of the long jump national record after jumping 6.16m, which earned her the silver medal.

No Singaporean has ever medalled in the women’s triple jump, while the last woman to bag a long jump medal at the SEA Games was Foo Hwei Fen who scored a bronze in 1989.

Rozario said going into the Games on the back of a strong season is “definitely a confidence booster”.

“My coach and I started this year with the SEA Games in mind, and so every competition leading up to it has been a building block. We’ve been learning each round, and I think it’s been super helpful in helping me to finetune what I need to perform my best,” she added.

Dohling said while they do not expect all first-time SEA Games competitors to bag medals, they are expected to “progress and to get even better”.

“Of course, we want them to progress towards the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games next year as well,” he added.

“I want especially our younger athletes, to learn to deal with that pressure that comes with a major competition, and to come back stronger and to go into the next competition. So it’s really progression – that’s the big theme.”