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}} Calvin Kang Li Loong (); (born April 16, 1990) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Singapore.〔(Athlete biography: Calvin Kang ), beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 26, 2008〕 Kang attended Victoria School and Singapore Sports School.〔(Next sprint king in the making )〕 He represented Singapore at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 6th in his heat without advancing to the second round. He ran the distance in a time of 10.73 seconds, 0.2sec outside his national junior record time of 10.53sec.〔 Kang represented Singapore at four major competitions – Southeast Asian Games (Nakhon Ratchasima, 2007), Summer Olympic Games (Beijing, 2008), Commonwealth Games (Delhi, 2010) and Asian Games (Guangzhou, 2010), making him the only Singaporean athlete to do so before the age of 20.〔(2012 Singapore National Games )〕 In the 2011 Southeast Asian Games, Kang ran in the 4 × 100 m relay with his teammates and achieved the silver medal with a timing of 39.91s.〔(SEA Games Athletics: Singapore exceed six-medal target with 2 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronzes )〕 Upon graduation from Singapore Sports School, Kang entered Nanyang Technological University to pursue his undergraduate degree in sport science and management in 2011 before deciding to defer his studies to train professionally in 2013.〔(Calvin Kang puts NTU education on hold to pursue athletics full time )〕 In August 2013, Kang was the sole representative of Singapore in the IAAF World Championships 2013 held in Moscow. Clocking a time of 10.52 seconds in the men's 100m event, Kang finished first in Heat 4 of the preliminaries and equalled his personal best.〔(Kang equals personal best, advances to 100m heats at IAAF World Championships )〕 He later ran a time of 10.66 seconds in his heat and exited the competition.〔(Sprinter Kang fails to advance at world championships )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Calvin Kang Li Loong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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