Joseph Schooling, Teo Zhen Ren and Roanne Ho were given a letter of warning by the Singapore National Olympic Council for not following the code of conduct for athletes and officials at the Asian Games.
On the night of September 27th, after the swimming events were completed, the three athletes left the athletes’ village without permission. They were said to have gone out with the intent of of drinking, but when arriving back at the village they showed no signs of that fact.
The Singapore National Olympic Council met on October 24th to discuss this incident and what consequence was appropriate. Ultimately the three swimmers were given a letter of warning.
The council also made suggestions for protocol in the future. They are asking team managers and coaches to remind athletes about the code of conduct and would like to see representatives from Athletes’ Commission present at the team managers meetings. They would also like to see those representatives to stress the importance of the code of conduct to all of the athletes attending competitions where they represent Singapore.
Schooling was the standout at the games for Singapore. He won three medals in total; gold in the 100 butterfly, silver in the 50 butterfly and bronze in the 200 butterfly.
Gousa, no such rules exist today. All these stereotypes and “rules” are discussed by people who have never been there. Singapore is Disneyland for adults and great place to visit. I have many times but i enjoy more other (real) Asian places. And, yes, I did chew gum all the time while in there.
Basically if they want to rep Singapore there will be rules made up to cater for this. There are rules for everything in Singapore. It is the price they willingly pay for impressive economic life & social cohesion.
A gin & tonic at Rafferty’s sitting on the balcony might not even get the nod for swimmers.
A number of federations have ‘no drinking while on international team trips’ rules, including USAS last I checked. But sometimes you’ve just got to snark at Singapore a bit.
I last visited Singapore as a teenager so don’t know how much things have changed.
Beautiful city, friendly people, great food, spotless & safe streets.
OTOH was forced to visit the airport barber before allowed entry. My hair was apparently less than an inch above my collar!
Also warned of penalties for all kinds of behavior that would be considered banal or trivial back home.
God forbid!
Give the kid a break
And chewing gum is a gateway crime. Spitting the gum on sidewalks comes next, and it all just falls apart after that.
And then someone’s shoe could get stuck causing the person to trip and fall which COULD lead to DEATH.
Everyone knows that drinking leads to such antisocial behaviors as gum-chewing after all.