Schooling wins First Gold for Singapore

[richwang]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ol...-idUSKCN10O03Q


Joseph Schooling won the men's 100 meters butterfly final on Friday to secure Singapore's first Olympic gold medal and deny Michael Phelps a 23rd in the last individual race of the American's extraordinary career.

Phelps, the defending champion and world record holder who is heading into retirement -- again -- after Rio, finished second in a three-way dead heat with two of his greatest rivals -- South Africa's Chad Le Clos and Hungary's Laszlo Cseh.

Astonishingly, all three touched out in 51.14 seconds, behind Schooling's Olympic record 50.39 in the second dead-heat in a final in two days.

"I'm just ecstatic. I don't think it has set in yet. It's just crazy," said Schooling.

[richwang]

50m lap pool will be even more sought after for any decent project.

[richwang]

Singapore has so many pools, and we can swim all year round, so we do have our competitive advantages!