SINGAPORE, Sept. 4 -- A Singapore distance runner who has represented the country at the World Athletics Road Running Championships has been charged with stealing running shoes and training cones from a Decathlon store.

Ko Wen Qiang, Keane, 26, is accused of taking a pair of KD900X running shoes worth S$139.90 (RM446) from the retailer's Kallang outlet in July 2025, Singapore-based media organisation CNA reported.

He is also alleged to have stolen a set of training cones worth S$25 from the same outlet two months later.

Ko was charged on July 1 and is due to return to court on October 2.

Ko has also competed for Singapore internationally.

According to Singapore Athletics, he represented the country at the 2023 World Athletics Road Ru...