Quah Ting Wen had qualified for Paris 2024 through the women's 4x100m medley relay, while Gan Ching Hwee received a "B" cut invitation.
Gan Ching Hwee swimming in the women's 400m freestyle finals at the Singapore National Swimming Championships on June 14, 2024.
At Team Singapore’s Olympics and Paralympics flag presentation ceremony on July 6, the 31-year-old’s name was noticeably missing from the 22-athlete Olympics list.But, a day later, it sent an invitation for Gan Ching Hwee to participate based on her meeting the Olympic Consideration Time of 16min 13.94sec for the women’s 1,500m freestyle with her national record of 16:10.61 at the Singapore national championships on June 15.
However, after Aqua cleared the Quah and Sim sisters to compete, the OCT invitation to Gan meant she could swim in the relay and Singapore no longer need special dispensation for a third relay-only swimmer. He added that “in the best interest of the team”, the SAQ will continue to appeal to Aqua for both swimmers to compete at Paris 2024, and provide further updates after the appeal processes are complete.
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