A day after the shock disqualification that saw the men's 4x100m freestyle relay team missing out on SEA Games gold, Singapore's swimmers bounced back quickly yesterday with four gold medals in the pool.
Leading the charge at the My Dinh Water Sports Palace was Teong Tzen Wei, the sprint specialist who dominated the field in the 50m butterfly. The 24-yearold touched home first in a meet record of 23.04 seconds to eclipse teammate Joseph Schooling's previous best of 23.06sec at the 2017 edition.
Compatriot Mikkel Lee finished second in 23.67sec, with Indonesia's Glenn Victor Sutanto (24.30) snagging the bronze.
Teong was glad to see the fruits of his labour, particularly after the six-month postponement of the Games owing to the pandemic.
“I've been training pretty hard, I'm really happy that the training I've done has paid off,” said Teong, who will also compete in the 50m freestyle on Thursday.
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