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No sub-12s in the 100m for Kugapriya

SINGAPORE — National junior sprinter C Kugapriya’s attempt to become the second Singaporean woman to go under 12s in the 100m ended in disappointment yesterday, after the 18-year-old clocked a time of 12.30s in the women’s 100m heats at the IAAF World U-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

National junior sprinter C Kugapriya. Photo: C Kugapriya

National junior sprinter C Kugapriya. Photo: C Kugapriya

SINGAPORE — National junior sprinter C Kugapriya’s attempt to become the second Singaporean woman to go under 12s in the 100m ended in disappointment yesterday, after the 18-year-old clocked a time of 12.30s in the women’s 100m heats at the IAAF World U-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

The Singaporean runner finished seventh in her 100m heat to miss out on her target of reaching the semi-finals, with her result placing her 40th among the field of 48.

“The weather was good and I felt really good during the warm-up,” said Kugapriya after her race yesterday. “I’m quite disappointed because 12.3s is far off from my personal best (12.09s) and I thought I could have done better.

“My start was really bad and I need to work on it. All I can do now is learn from my mistakes and bounce back.”

The teenager has had a promising season on the track, lowering her personal best time in the 100m twice since April. At the 78th Singapore Open Track and Field Championships three months ago, the Institute of Technical Education College West student bettered her time of 12.38s with a 12.19s sprint, before lowering it again to 12.09s at this month’s Thailand Open.

Coach Margaret Oh had tipped Kugapriya to follow in SEA Games 200m gold medallist Shanti Pereira’s footsteps — who was the first local woman to go under 12s in the 100m — and break the 12s barrier.

Despite missing out on her target in her final competitive race of the year, Kugapriya told TODAY that she plans to continue training to reach her next goal: Representing Singapore at the 2017 SEA Games in Malaysia. LOW LIN FHOONG

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