This man, Geoffrey Birgen who placed 2nd in the Singapore marathon yesterday is also the winner of the Borobudur Marathon 2023 and runner-up in the Jakarta Marathon 2023, he is actually incredible!
wtf I dun understand Mok Ying Ren's commentary at all? his pronunciation of english language is very imprecise. why can't stanchart use an experienced newscaster to commentate instead as not every singaporean has good speech skills you know? Mok has zero speech skills. also i find it pretentious when he starts congratulating soh ruiyong his most hated enemy on getting married and running many national records this year. he should just keep his mouth shut and turn down the question from the reporter rather than answer not from his heart. do you think ashley liew will give such reply as mok?
@@bestwl You haven't been busy-body into the lives of singapore sports personalities. SRY hates Mok and vice versa. Mention Mok's achievements both in and out of sport and SRY will grow suspicious of you. Mok comes from the same managing company ONESG as Ashley Liew. Mok and Ashley are great friends on and off the track and share many aspects of their lives together including religion. Make no mistake Mok the commentator isn't the real personality we see in real life. he is doing it because he has been forced to, that's for sure. he has no history of live commentating without a prepared script. you can see he is very raw and rough and lacking confidence. From 18:20 onwards Mok admits he was 'asked' to do the commentating which means it wasn't his own volunteerism or choice. Paul Sng the marathon race day MC is much better speaker. he talks with a UK accent which Mok lacks. Stanchart needs a Paul Sng to commentate not Mok.
some good points had been raised----it's true our national champion sry has so much advantage in this modern era compared to past 6 years. i dun remember there was any maurten hydrogel in 2017? neither was there supershoe and pebax foam, no superior training method like train hard and rest harder? i'm curious too as to why he only run 2:40? there must be some variable lingering out there that is hindering his performance. i'm not trying to raise any eyebrows but i believe it's gotta do with the widespread 5G electromagnetic waves in the country.
@@erchguyj1234 well takagiramen is more like a fast food chain for me. their ingredients are of very low quality and non-organic in nature. never liked it and the fact soh rui yong had to resort to takagi ramen to sponsor him rather than real sports brand tells me his sport career at an all time low. food wise it's still ok but the real cause at least for me is singapore's powerful 5G electromagnetic technology
Having flown in from a much colder place, I knew what I was getting myself into when I signed up, but still, the 4:30am flag off and humidity were quite a challenge. And good thing that morning was cloudy with some rain, otherwise us slower runners would have an even harder time once the sun came out. I actually missed the evening race in 2019. The atmosphere was a lot more festive, and I didn’t need to worry about finishing before the sun came out.
Soh Ruiyong looks very subpar as he couldn't even run 2:37 when his pb is 2:22:00? not sure why people are celebrating his slow performance? this was easily his worse marathon performance in history as he had supershoe underarmour advantage, maurten hydrogel and yet only 2:40:33? Very pui pui pui.
@@bestwl like seriously? he not paiseh? did you know how good he was in 2017 when he running 2:35 ALONEEEEEE for 42.195k without underarmory supershoe and maurten hydrogel? few months before that he was running 2:28 at the sea games in the same weather. now in 2023 he run 2:40 he had pace and tailwind support for the last 10km from the 1st girl, have supershoe, maurten and some say some drugs bought online (??). Guys really need to have some sense of scale here eh? he had what seems like a ton more advantage today and this was coming off his best year where he broke national records like falling dominos just too easy. do you think he didn't really want to win this year's marathon in style and stamp his authority by running sub 2:30 on home soil at least? you bet he was desperate to do it especially with so many drug naysayers i'm seeing around town. you know but he couldn't do it and still try to hide his failure by saying that he was just aiming for a sunday LSD and support our local runners? Sorry pui pui pui just for context.
Are you implying that he didn't beat the first lady who ran 2:37:19 and so isn't good enough for his standards? If so then I fully agree with you. In 2017 he beat the first lady Pamela Jepkosgei who ran 2:38:30 when he finished in 2:35:56. He was 2.5 minutes ahead. Fast forward to 2023 the first lady ran almost the same time with her 2:37:19 but this time Soh Ruiyong trailing more than 3minutes behind in 2:40:35. In 2017, he was still considered a newbie marathoner and if he lose to the first lady he can still be excused. But in 2023 he is considered a veteran marathoner with more knowledge and understanding of the marathon and how his body can handle it. Yet he performed worse. And you are right, there is a deafening drugs suspicion hanging around his neck like a noose in addition to tons of misconduct and inappropriate behaviors throughout his athletic career. I'm not sure if he is banned but he should be for life.
next time should screen them before being given the job. not sure who asked mok to commentate but he sure wasn't up to the task. his intonation was horrendously off and has trouble coming in at the right moments in the interaction with the other ang mo commentator. should ask tharman shanmugaratnam commentate instead as he talks more expertly
@@Anaconda-xr4in Thanks for the info. I googled ROS production and 5G and there was at least 10 scientific articles sprung up just wow. This is news to me and have been speaking with my wife on migrating to Chiangmai in the future as we had health problems since 2021.
At 1.06hrs, organiser have to make sure casual runners should not allow to take drinks station that are not allocate for that particular kilometre. See how casual runners not in discipline caused disrupted on elite runners taking their drinks. Just imagine elite runners speed will able to knock slow runners if they are blocking their way
The biggest turn off for the event was a 15 minutes delay for the start of the event. The weather was good, the elite runners were all ready, the race did not disclose what the delay was about but I suspect was waiting for the Guest of honors who couldn't keep to their punctuality. The crowd responded in reciprocative silence when their names were announced. Shame!
3:34:48 = lol.. the local cheena commentator bao toh the angmo ask him if ang mo had run the marathon or not, then the ang mo like.. "wtf??!!?, KNN, dun sabo me online la.. wtf.. !!".. uncalled for if there is nothing good to say, then keep quiet la, esp online ! Unprofessional...
This man, Geoffrey Birgen who placed 2nd in the Singapore marathon yesterday is also the winner of the Borobudur Marathon 2023 and runner-up in the Jakarta Marathon 2023, he is actually incredible!
wtf I dun understand Mok Ying Ren's commentary at all? his pronunciation of english language is very imprecise. why can't stanchart use an experienced newscaster to commentate instead as not every singaporean has good speech skills you know? Mok has zero speech skills.
also i find it pretentious when he starts congratulating soh ruiyong his most hated enemy on getting married and running many national records this year. he should just keep his mouth shut and turn down the question from the reporter rather than answer not from his heart. do you think ashley liew will give such reply as mok?
No idea that Mok had issues with SRY. Ashley, yes, but not him.
@@bestwl You haven't been busy-body into the lives of singapore sports personalities. SRY hates Mok and vice versa. Mention Mok's achievements both in and out of sport and SRY will grow suspicious of you. Mok comes from the same managing company ONESG as Ashley Liew. Mok and Ashley are great friends on and off the track and share many aspects of their lives together including religion.
Make no mistake Mok the commentator isn't the real personality we see in real life. he is doing it because he has been forced to, that's for sure. he has no history of live commentating without a prepared script. you can see he is very raw and rough and lacking confidence. From 18:20 onwards Mok admits he was 'asked' to do the commentating which means it wasn't his own volunteerism or choice.
Paul Sng the marathon race day MC is much better speaker. he talks with a UK accent which Mok lacks. Stanchart needs a Paul Sng to commentate not Mok.
@@Willyliu-ox8cr Ah...thanks for the detailed explanation
@@Willyliu-ox8cryou should sign up to be a commentator. You can expose all these “fake” commentators for who they are. You sound very experienced 😂
some good points had been raised----it's true our national champion sry has so much advantage in this modern era compared to past 6 years. i dun remember there was any maurten hydrogel in 2017? neither was there supershoe and pebax foam, no superior training method like train hard and rest harder? i'm curious too as to why he only run 2:40? there must be some variable lingering out there that is hindering his performance. i'm not trying to raise any eyebrows but i believe it's gotta do with the widespread 5G electromagnetic waves in the country.
or he just became fat due to eating too much takagiramen, who is one of his sponsors
@@erchguyj1234 well takagiramen is more like a fast food chain for me. their ingredients are of very low quality and non-organic in nature. never liked it and the fact soh rui yong had to resort to takagi ramen to sponsor him rather than real sports brand tells me his sport career at an all time low.
food wise it's still ok but the real cause at least for me is singapore's powerful 5G electromagnetic technology
Having flown in from a much colder place, I knew what I was getting myself into when I signed up, but still, the 4:30am flag off and humidity were quite a challenge. And good thing that morning was cloudy with some rain, otherwise us slower runners would have an even harder time once the sun came out. I actually missed the evening race in 2019. The atmosphere was a lot more festive, and I didn’t need to worry about finishing before the sun came out.
Soh Ruiyong looks very subpar as he couldn't even run 2:37 when his pb is 2:22:00? not sure why people are celebrating his slow performance? this was easily his worse marathon performance in history as he had supershoe underarmour advantage, maurten hydrogel and yet only 2:40:33? Very pui pui pui.
He is still the best in Singapore though. Singaporeans just aren't very good runners compared with those from other countries.
@@bestwl like seriously? he not paiseh? did you know how good he was in 2017 when he running 2:35 ALONEEEEEE for 42.195k without underarmory supershoe and maurten hydrogel? few months before that he was running 2:28 at the sea games in the same weather. now in 2023 he run 2:40 he had pace and tailwind support for the last 10km from the 1st girl, have supershoe, maurten and some say some drugs bought online (??).
Guys really need to have some sense of scale here eh? he had what seems like a ton more advantage today and this was coming off his best year where he broke national records like falling dominos just too easy.
do you think he didn't really want to win this year's marathon in style and stamp his authority by running sub 2:30 on home soil at least? you bet he was desperate to do it especially with so many drug naysayers i'm seeing around town. you know but he couldn't do it and still try to hide his failure by saying that he was just aiming for a sunday LSD and support our local runners?
Sorry pui pui pui just for context.
Are you implying that he didn't beat the first lady who ran 2:37:19 and so isn't good enough for his standards? If so then I fully agree with you. In 2017 he beat the first lady Pamela Jepkosgei who ran 2:38:30 when he finished in 2:35:56. He was 2.5 minutes ahead. Fast forward to 2023 the first lady ran almost the same time with her 2:37:19 but this time Soh Ruiyong trailing more than 3minutes behind in 2:40:35.
In 2017, he was still considered a newbie marathoner and if he lose to the first lady he can still be excused. But in 2023 he is considered a veteran marathoner with more knowledge and understanding of the marathon and how his body can handle it. Yet he performed worse.
And you are right, there is a deafening drugs suspicion hanging around his neck like a noose in addition to tons of misconduct and inappropriate behaviors throughout his athletic career.
I'm not sure if he is banned but he should be for life.
Umm, he didnt train as much as previously.
@@Willyliu-ox8crwhere is this drugs suspicion coming from though? I don't see any articles related to Soh taking drugs
Almost every end of the sentences You know You know You know You know by the spore commentator.
😂😅😂
next time should screen them before being given the job. not sure who asked mok to commentate but he sure wasn't up to the task. his intonation was horrendously off and has trouble coming in at the right moments in the interaction with the other ang mo commentator. should ask tharman shanmugaratnam commentate instead as he talks more expertly
can strong radiation from 5G/4G in CBD area affect elite marathon performance?
Yes it does. It's called uncontrolled ROS production.
@@Anaconda-xr4in Thanks for the info. I googled ROS production and 5G and there was at least 10 scientific articles sprung up just wow. This is news to me and have been speaking with my wife on migrating to Chiangmai in the future as we had health problems since 2021.
@@Phang-dj8ts you are welcomed. stay safe from 4G/5G :)
at 20:20, why does Rose Chelimo have the SG flag beside her name when she is not from Singapore?
Jinnytty brought this video to my youtube recommendation
At 1.06hrs, organiser have to make sure casual runners should not allow to take drinks station that are not allocate for that particular kilometre. See how casual runners not in discipline caused disrupted on elite runners taking their drinks. Just imagine elite runners speed will able to knock slow runners if they are blocking their way
The biggest turn off for the event was a 15 minutes delay for the start of the event. The weather was good, the elite runners were all ready, the race did not disclose what the delay was about but I suspect was waiting for the Guest of honors who couldn't keep to their punctuality. The crowd responded in reciprocative silence when their names were announced. Shame!
All roads were blocked so many ppl were late
@@ripper4982 Marathon start times are sacrosanct. if there is a delay, it has to be justified. Traffic jam in the wee hours of the morning? c'mon!
@@FigTreeSG mate i ran the marathon lol, the roads were completely blocked off ECP escpecially.
@@ripper4982 Is that an excuse for being late? I call u mate also, I walked to the Start line! Don’t be entitled if you want to take up the sport!
There was a traffic pile up on the ECP and people were getting late by masses. Thats why it was delayed for 15 mins
Gel with caffeine?
Soh Rui Yong better buck up, he just lost to Rose Chelimo who ran a 2:37. The Kenyans are probably laughing at us right now
Yeah right. The pace is 15.70 km/h 😂 2:20:26
3:34:48 = lol.. the local cheena commentator bao toh the angmo ask him if ang mo had run the marathon or not, then the ang mo like.. "wtf??!!?, KNN, dun sabo me online la.. wtf.. !!".. uncalled for if there is nothing good to say, then keep quiet la, esp online ! Unprofessional...
The old angmoh commentator is you?
I know for sure, these are non smokers and non beer drinkers…
Wtf 2.15 to 2.20 pace you expected 😂😂😂