7/13/2023 0 Comments Download Stars!![]() ![]() ![]() For decades, it struggled with a persistent debate over a merger with Malaya. On four occasions, Singapore hosted the SEA Games and the country was chosen by the International Olympic Committee to hold the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010.īut the journey of SNOC in the last 70 years has not been a smooth one. The country has participated in every Olympic, Asian, Commonwealth and South-east Asia (SEA) games, except for the 1980 Moscow Olympics when Singapore joined a United States-led boycott. Since then, the council, which was renamed the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) in 1970, has ensured Singapore has an almost constant presence in all major games around the world. A year later, it sent its first athlete, high jumper Lloyd Valberg, to the London Games. On May 27, 1947, the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council was created. It was stung by the decision and the colonial government sprang into action. The sports community in Singapore did not find the omission humorous. The territory did not have an Olympic council for London to send its invitation to. But one crown colony was left out: Singapore. In 1947, Britain sent out invitations to almost all its colonies, dependencies and dominions, urging entries from its vast empire for the 1948 London Olympics. ![]()
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