These days, Quah Zheng Wen no longer flies into a rage as he did as a precocious teenager, but every setback still rankles with the national...
These days, Quah Zheng Wen no longer flies into a rage as he did as a precocious teenager, but every setback still rankles with the national swimmer.
But being the fierce competitor that he is, Quah – who won his first SEA Games gold at 15 – wants to end his career on his own terms and go out on a high. At Rio 2016, he became the Republic’s first male swimmer to qualify for an Olympic semi-final and eventually placed 15th and 10th in the 100m and 200m butterfly races respectively. However, he could not build on that in Tokyo five years later.
Then, there was the reminder from his girlfriend that he still gets “enraged” when he does not swim well. This is why he has decided to continue with an intense regimen that sees him clock up to six hours of wet and dryland training a day, nine sessions over six days weekly. He said: “The last few years since 2020 have been a blur. Taking away my friends and people who shared the same goals as me and supported me, and not being sure whether I can be an athlete performing to the best of my ability... these things combined made it extra difficult and did a number on my mental state.
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