Based on interviews with the swimming fraternity, it's clear that replicating Schooling's historic Rio 2016 win would require a seismic shift, as CNA's Matthew Mohan finds out.
Based on interviews with the swimming fraternity, it's clear that replicating Schooling's historic Rio 2016 win would require a seismic shift, as CNA's Matthew Mohan finds out.New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE: On a Saturday morning in August eight years ago, a group of about 20 young swimmers crowded around a television at the Civil Service Club.
Along with these young swimmers, many in Singapore watched awestruck as Joseph Schooling touched home first in the 100m butterfly final at the Olympics.“It was a once-in-a-lifetime thing; being excited was an understatement,” recalled Lim, who runs a swim school. “They were all cheering and jumping and shouting after the race.Schooling, who till this day is the only Singaporean to win Olympic gold, announced last Tuesday his retirement from competitive swimming.
One of these was Nigel Low, who was six years old then and watching with his family at home that morning. Still, in the aftermath of Schooling’s gold, swim schools received a surge in enquiries, as coaches Cheah and Lim both attested to. National head coach Gary Tan told CNA that the need to grow Singapore's talent pool has remained an issue, even after Schooling's win.
“They were very invested in educating themselves, getting to know coaches, researching. They interviewed many, many, many different coaches and swim schools before they landed on Bolles,” said the former national swimmer. He pointed to young swimmers training and pushing"for their lives" before even turning 18, in hopes of achieving some success that would grant them a deferment from NS.
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