The Singapore newspaper was bitter with Joseph Schooling’s defeat against the Vietnamese swimming relay team

Failure in relay content 4×200 m freestyle and the 50m female butterfly of Quah Ting Wen (Thailand’s Jenjira Srisaard won gold), were the two most bitter and shocking defeats of the team. Singapore swim team on the 4th day of swimming competition at SEA Games 31according to the sheet The Straits Times.

Joseph Schooling and his teammates received a bitter defeat against the Vietnamese swimming team The Straits Times

In particular, the failure in the 4×200 m freestyle relay of super fisherman Joseph Schooling and his teammates was considered an unbelievable shock. Sheet The Straits Times said that the Vietnamese swimming team with swimmers Nguyen Huy Hoang, Tran Hung Nguyen, Hoang Quy Phuoc and Nguyen Huu Kim Son had convincingly won and set a new SEA Games record with a time of 7 minutes 16.31 seconds. Singapore’s illustrious swimming team even finished third, behind the Malaysian swimming team.

Sheet The Straits Times It should be remembered, in this and other relay events, that the Singapore swimming team has won every gold medal at the SEA Games since 2005, but has now been dethroned by the Vietnamese swimming team. .

Evaluating this defeat, swimmer Quah Zheng Wen (who won gold in the 50 m backstroke) admitted defeat against the Vietnamese swimming team: “We tried our best. But this time things didn’t really come together. It was a long fight, it was the 4th day at the SEA Games, everyone was tired. The other swimming teams played better than us, and they won well. I sincerely congratulate them.”

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Meanwhile, super fisherman Joseph Schooling blamed himself: “I think I let the whole team down. I was very disappointed with my form, my feet did not create the necessary speed despite my best efforts. Anyway, we were a little comforted when we still made it to the podium to receive the (bronze) medal.”

Before the failures in the relay after the shock of the 4×100 m freestyle was canceled because of the rules, and the 4×200 m freestyle was far behind the Vietnamese team, Singapore swimming team head coach Gary Tan said: We are disappointed but still see a lot of improvement. Our swimming team will put more effort into training, and soon they will regain their image. We will be heading to SEA Games 32 at Cambodia next year to reclaim all titles that belonged to him. This time, I admit that the Vietnamese and Malaysian swimming teams played better and they deservedly won.”

Despite losing 2 out of 3 gold medals in the men’s relay, the Singapore swimming team is still leading the 31st SEA Games swimming pool with 15 golds, 7 silvers and 7 bronzes. The Vietnamese team ranked second with 7 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 1 bronze medal.