Read more‘Dream Come True’: Olympic A Cut Pushes Singapore's Jonathan Tan in Busy 202326 June 2023‘Dream Come True’ A Cut Pushes Singapore's Jonathan Tan in Busy 2023 The heartbreak didn’t keep Jonathan Tan out of the water for long in 2021. Tan, then 19, touched the wall at the Singapore National Swimming Championships in the spring of 2021 with a time of 22.12 seconds in the men’s 50 freestyle...
Read moreOlympic Gold Medalist Joseph Schooling Gets New Service Deferment11 August 2020Singapore Olympic champion Joseph Schooling Tuesday received a new service deferment, which clears the way for him to compete in next summer’s Tokyo Olympics. All male citizens and permanent residents of Singapore over the age of 18 have to serve two years in the military, police or emergency servic...
Read moreSingapore Swimming Association Looks Inward in Naming Gary Tan New Coach24 December 2021Singapore Swimming Association Looks Inward in Naming Gary Tan New Coach Gary Tan has been named the national swimming coach by the Singapore Swimming Association, the organization announced this week. Tan, 39, competed in the pool for Singapore. He has been the head coach of the National Training C...
Read moreJoe Schooling & Quah Zheng Wen Ask For National Service Deferments To Be Extended Due To Delayed Olympics06 May 2020Joe Schooling, the Olympic 100m butterfly champion, has applied for a further extension of deferment from full-time national service in order to be able top prepare for the defence of his crown at a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games delayed by a year, to July 23, 2021, due to the impact of the coronavirus CO...
Read moreSingaporean Swimmer Quah Zheng Wen Allowed Deferment from National Army to Compete in Worlds, Olympics07 July 2015Singaporean swimmer Quah Zheng Wen has been granted the opportunity to compete at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia, as well as the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. The swimmer was not in jeopardy with his swimming ability, as he totaled 12 medals at the recent 2015 South East Asian Games (SEA...
Read more1Quah Zheng Wen Breaks National Record In Singapore17 June 2017Singapore swimmer and Cal Bear Quah Zheng Wen broke his national record in the 200 meter backstroke this weekend, stopping the clock at 2:00.45 during the heats of the Neo Garden 13th Singapore National Swimming Championships. That time beat his own record of 2:00.55 that he had set back in 2015 at ...
Read moreKayla Sanchez Wins 8 Medals, Singapore Takes Total Count at 2025 SEA Games18 December 2025Kayla Sanchez Wins 8 Medal, Singapore Takes Total Count at 2025 SEA Games Former Canadian international Kayla Sanchez won eight medals, and Singapore claimed 19 golds and 34 total medals to dominate the 2025 SEA Games last week. The meet in Bangkok, Thailand, was a reassertion of Singapore’s regiona...