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171: 150: 849: 128: 29: 830: 809: 789: 769: 749: 342:, set a new national record of 39.24 seconds for the 4 × 100 m relay, beating the previous record of 39.45 seconds. The timing earned them a silver medal, narrowly losing the gold medal to the Thai team. Kang also ran a personal best 100m timing of 10.47 seconds, but missed out on a podium placing as he came in 4th. 280:
in the 100m sprint and placed 6th in his heat without advancing to the second round. He ran a time of 10.73 seconds, 0.2 seconds outside his national junior record time of 10.53 seconds. Kang has represented Singapore at four major competitions –
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in 2015 to present. He has been featured prominently in their campaigns, and was affectionately known as the "MILO boy" for the duration of his MILO sponsorship.
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to pursue his undergraduate degree in sport science and management in 2011 before deciding to defer his studies to train professionally in 2013.
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Besides excelling at athletics, Kang has ventured into several entrepreneurship undertakings, such as the director of community partnerships in
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Kang has had the backing of several notable sponsors such as MILO (under Nestle Singapore) from 2008 to 2014 and
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held in Singapore, Kang and his team, consisting of Muhammad Amirudin, Lee Cheng Wei and
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In August 2013, Kang was the sole representative of Singapore in the
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Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
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Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Singapore
athletics
Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
2011 Jakarta
4 × 100 m relay
2015 Singapore
4 × 100m relay
Chinese name
family name
Chinese
pinyin
track and field
sprint athlete
Singapore
Victoria School
Singapore Sports School
Nanyang Technological University
2008 Summer Olympics
Beijing
Southeast Asian Games
Nakhon Ratchasima
Beijing
Commonwealth Games
Delhi
Asian Games
Guangzhou
2011 Southeast Asian Games
Indonesia

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