Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. C. Kunalan remembers running in the 1970 Commonwealth and Asian Games with a bone spur in his foot. He quit that year, only to return three years later at the SEAP Games hosted by Singapore, where he anchored the last leg of the 4x400m relay in a controversial race against the Malaysian team.

Kunalan also recalls when U.K. Shyam broke his 33-year-old national record of 10.38s in the 100m in 2001. He explains why he is optimistic about the future of Singapore athletics, and what Singaporean parents can do to help physically gifted youngsters excel in the sport.