Singapore, Sept. 25 -- Veteran running coach Steven Quek told the court yesterday that he did not see Ashley Liew slow down during the 2015 SEA Games marathon.
The 52-year-old, who has been coaching track and field for 33 years, appeared as a witness for two-time Games marathon champion Soh Rui Yong, whom he had coached from the time the latter was a student at Raffles Junior College until he was in the second year of his studies at the National University of Singapore.
Liew, 33, is accusing Soh of defaming him in five instances via comments made on social media and is seeking $120,000 in damages.
The dispute between the two athletes began in October 2018, when Soh, in a Facebook post, disputed Liew's account of an incident that occur...