2018 FINA WORLD CUP – SINGAPORE
- Thursday, November 15th – Saturday, November 17th
- OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
- SCM
- SwimSwam Meet Preview
- Start Lists
- Day 1 Prelims/Day 1 Finals
- Day 2 Prelims/Day 2 Finals
- Day 3 Prelims/Day 3 Finals
- Results
Olympic champion Joseph Schooling may have only come away with 1 medal at the FINA World Cup in Singapore, but the 23-year-old cracked 2 National Records on the final day of competition to give the home crowd something to cheer about.
Untapered and under heavy training, the former Texas Longhorn finished 4th in the 100m fly on day 1, clocking a time of 51.05. But during tonight’s final of the men’s 50m fly, Schooling landed on the podium with a bronze, establishing a new Singaporean standard in the process.
After initially breaking the National Record with a morning swim of 22.76, Schooling hacked off .36 more to capture a new mark of 22.40 en route to 3rd place in the final behind Russian Vlad Morozov (22.17) and American Michael Andrew (22.32). He now sits 5th in the world in the event.
2018-2019 SCM MEN 50 FLY
SANTOS
21.75 *WR
| 2 | Chad LE CLOS | RSA | 21.97 | 12/15 |
| 3 | Vladimir MOROZOV | RUS | 22.17 | 11/17 |
| 4 | Michael ANDREW | USA | 22.32 | 11/17 |
| 5 | Dylan CARTER | TTO | 22.38 | 12/15 |
Then in the final race of the evening, the mixed 4 x 50m medley relay, Schooling led-off Team Singapore with a backstroke split of 24.08 to give them the lead. That time overtook the previous NR of 24.56 held by Quah Zheng Wen since 2014. The Singaporean relay wound up finishing in 2nd place behind Australia in the mixed medley tonight.
Of his experience swimming backstroke for his nation, Schooling stated, “(National Training Centre head coach) Gary (Tan) asked me if I could do the backstroke. I said if it’s 50m and short-course, I’m there.
“Short-course sprints are all about underwater (work). I knew my swim wasn’t as good as my underwater so my underwater carried me in that race and I’m happy we won a medal for Singapore.
“Zheng’s a better backstroker than me. If he came back from the States and raced that, he would probably beat that. But a new national record in backstroke, I don’t know what to say other than it’s awesome. It’s a new position and I’m enjoying it.” (The Straits Times)
Attaway to be humble, Joseph! Great example!
I’m not terribly optimistic about his chances in 2020
Depends what Schooling shows up: the one that “always wanted to beat his Mom no matter what they played when he was little,” or Schooling after Olympic gold. My guess is the former one, as he wants to go out on the top. I do not want to bet against him. it will be fun to watch.
By ‘home soil’, did you mean Jacksonville?
No, we mean Singapore, where he was born, raised, the country he represents, and has lived for most of his life.
Boom!
I get what you are saying. If it wasn’t for the all the training and high tech equipment and the guidance of elite coaches in the states then OF COURSE he wouldn’t have reached the world class/Olympic level. To me when someone helps me out greatly I pay them respect and honor them. Whether it’s a friend, coach, teacher, boss, former employee or country. In this case his training opportunities in the states is what made him the athlete he is. Many people and many athletes have dual citizenship’s
Well yes he helped Texas to get to 4 consecutive NCAA titles and has always spoken of his gratitude to his coaches at Bolles and Texas. What exactly are you saying? All successful swimmers who train in the US should represent the US?