Asian Games: Joseph Schooling wins first medal for male swimming in 24 years
SINGAPORE – Joseph Schooling has won Singapore’s first medal in a male swimming event at the Asiad in 24 years. He clinched the bronze medal in the men’s 200m butterfly final at the Incheon Asian Games with a time of 1min 57.54sec. Japan’s Seto Daiya won the gold medal in 1:54.08, with compatriot Kenta Hirai taking silver in 1:55.47. Legendary former local swimmer Ang Peng Siong won an Asiad medal for male swimming in the 1990 Beijing Games. He won silver in the 50m freestyle event.
Joseph Schooling. TODAY File Photo
SINGAPORE – Joseph Schooling has won Singapore’s first medal in a male swimming event at the Asiad in 24 years.
He clinched the bronze medal in the men’s 200m butterfly final at the Incheon Asian Games with a time of 1min 57.54sec. Japan’s Seto Daiya won the gold medal in 1:54.08, with compatriot Kenta Hirai taking silver in 1:55.47.
Legendary former local swimmer Ang Peng Siong won an Asiad medal for male swimming in the 1990 Beijing Games. He won silver in the 50m freestyle event.
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