Fall of the SEA Games: Did Vietnam lose the gold medal in swimming when Schooling was exonerated?

(Sports news, SEA Games news 31) Schooling swimmers were vindicated, this information surprised many Vietnamese swimming fans.

Final video of the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay on May 14:

First day of Swimming in SEA Games 31 (May 14) the male freestyle 4x100m content caused a stir in public opinion. At the end of the competition, according to the results, the Singapore team of athletes who finished first won gold, Malaysia took second place to win silver and Vietnam won bronze.

Schooling was vindicated, he was not the criminal that caused Singapore to lose the men’s 4x100m freestyle gold

But soon after, the organizers discovered that both leading teams had athletes who broke the rules. Because of this reason, the results of the two teams above were canceled, Vietnam monopolized the men’s 4x100m freestyle gold. This is a historic gold medal with Vietnamese swimmers, Hoang Quy Phuoc and his teammates celebrated happily after hearing the news.

Joseph Schooling, a fisherman who has so far won 29 SEA Games gold medals, was identified as a “criminal”, the mistake that made Singapore lose the gold medal. But until today (May 17), the swimming referee team officially announced the detailed results of this story to whitewash the Schooling superstar.

Accordingly, the person who started Singapore’s error was Jonathan Jin Tan, swimming in 3rd place of the team, not Schooling (swimming lane 4). Singapore’s superstar fisherman is considered to be exonerated.

Despite being exonerated, there were still people who made mistakes, so the Singapore swimming team could not have a gold medal, the title remained with swimming Vietnam.

“With what happened on the first day, we had to forget to redo everything. I’m glad my teammates encouraged me, otherwise my mind would have been turned upside down. Winning this time was easy for me. It’s easy because my teammates did a great job. I can’t say more.”

Answering a Vietnamese reporter on the afternoon of May 16, Schooling said he had relieved the pressure after winning the gold medal in the men’s 4x100m medley. Before that, he also had a gold medal in the men’s 100m butterfly.

Schooling has 2 gold medals so far

The SEA Games legend has won 29 SEA Games gold medals

Schooling was shocked for causing Singapore to lose the SEA Games gold medal but now he has been exonerated