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At the 2022 Games, Quek clinched a bronze, which was\u00a0Singapore\u2019s first medal in the event since 1969.<\/span><\/p>\n He followed up with another bronze at the last edition of the Games in Cambodia.<\/span><\/p>\n “There was a lot of pressure to win this gold medal after my national record performance,” said Quek, who rewrote his own national record in August with a time of 49.75s.<\/span><\/p>\n “It\u2019s just a lot of relief being able to finally achieve this after a whole year of hard work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n This is Singapore’s third athletics gold at this edition of the Games after a <\/span>historic second consecutive sprint double<\/span> by Shanti Pereira. Both Pereira and Quek are coached by Luis Cunha.<\/span><\/p>\n “Right up till I joined coach Luis, I was not there, I was nowhere close … to even qualifying for a major Games, a SEA Games,” said Quek.<\/span><\/p>\n The Singaporean said he was focused on executing his own race en route to winning gold.<\/p>\n “I wasn’t able to see where my opponents were in that last stretch. I just know I (was) clearly in front and I just had to stay in front no matter what.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n