SINGAPORE – For the first time since his 2011 debut, Joseph Schooling will not represent Singapore at the biennial SEA Games. The Republic's only Olympic champion had qualified for the men's 100m butterfly and was eligible for the men's 4x100m medley team. But he was missing from the Singapore Swimming Association's (SSA) list, released on Wednesday, of 22 athletes bound...
Joseph Schooling's withdrawal from the SEA Games again raises the retirement question after a glittering career.SINGAPORE – For the first time since his 2011 debut, Joseph Schooling will not represent Singapore at the biennial SEA Games.
Schooling, 27, said: "After careful consideration with my team, I have decided to pull out of the SEA Games. This was not an easy decision, but I am currently not at the level at which I hold myself to perform. Ultimately, my country comes first before individual accolades. Schooling's participation at the Sept 23-Oct 8 Asian Games – set for 2022, it was postponed a year due to China's Covid-19 restrictions – is also not confirmed, although he has qualified for the 50m, 100m fly and 100m freestyle plus two relays.
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