![]() ![]() He again asserted in a Facebook post in 2015, referring to the act of fair play by Liew as "untrue". In one blog post in 2015, he wrote "Nobody slowed down to wait - the race was on". Soh won the race, while Liew was later given a Special Award for Sportsmanship by the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) and also became the first Singaporean to receive the prestigious Pierre de Coubertin World Fair Play trophy.Īfter the event, Soh made several posts on his blog as well as Facebook and Instagram accounts. Liew then purportedly slowed down to let the rest catch up, before resuming his marathon pace, and this was reported as an act of fair play on mainstream and social media. Soh and all other runners missed the point and ran past it before making a U-turn about 50m ahead, resulting in Liew being ahead of the rest. The marathon consisted of five loops within East Coast Park, but Liew was the only participant who made a U-turn correctly at the first U-turn point. Soh and Liew were teammates representing Singapore at the 2015 SEA Games marathon held in June that year. Of this amount, S$60,000 is in aggravated damages due to factors including Soh's conduct and role in publicising the dispute, District Judge Lee Li Choon said in a judgment dated Wednesday (Sep 22). SINGAPORE: Athlete Soh Rui Yong has lost a defamation suit mounted by fellow marathoner Ashley Liew, and must pay the latter damages of S$180,000. ![]()
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