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After eight years, three heartbreaks and an Ironman record, Ben Khoo finally earns his SEA Games debut, proving that resilience can be just as powerful as speed.

Two-time world champion Sheik Ferdous returns for his sixth SEA Games campaign chasing the only medal missing from his collection, while senior exponent Muhammad Iqbal seeks redemption and a new generation of debutants step up for Singapore in Songkhla.

SGAG co-founder Adrian Ang has opened Pickle & Bones, a street-style pickleball court atop Somerset’s Trifecta. Built in just four weeks, it’s his new passion project and a community in the making.

He is skipping the SEA Games marathon, ran 2:27, broke a Guinness record in a suit, and will double-race at SCSM. Soh Rui Yong is nowhere near done.

He once went 10 days without speaking to anyone. Solo adventure traveller Nicholas Joel Leong explains why isolation, danger and the unknown keep pulling him back into the wild.

Singapore will send a 25-member ju-jitsu squad to the Dec 9–20 SEA Games in Thailand, featuring a mix of seasoned campaigners and rising stars across five disciplines. Among them are brothers Ivan and Calvin Chua, returning to major competition after seven years, ex-Silat medallists-turned-ju-jitsu duo Nayli Nur Syazleen and Atiq Syazwani, and teenage newcomer Jedd Tan — all aiming to build on Singapore’s strong regional form.

Jason Hunt broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon in a suit — a sharp, sweaty, and spirited run that raised funds for Movember and turned heads in Melbourne.

After testing themselves against China’s best and learning from Europe’s elite, Singapore’s women’s water polo players are entering the SEA Games with renewed confidence, sharper tactics, and a burning desire to end Thailand’s dominance.

Diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes at 29, Nicholas Cho turned his life around, swapping late nights and fast food for discipline, balance, and a message to the young: don’t take health for granted.

From being chased with a stick to run by his dad, to clocking 2:33 in Gold Coast, 23-year-old Richard Heng’s journey takes him to the SEA Games marathon this December.