SINGAPORE, Aug 30 — National swimmer and Olympic champion Joseph Schooling has confessed to consuming cannabis overseas in May this year, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said in...
SINGAPORE, Aug 30 — National swimmer and Olympic champion Joseph Schooling has confessed to consuming cannabis overseas in May this year, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement on Tuesday .
“However, Private Schooling confessed to have consumed cannabis overseas in May 2022, when he was on short-term disruption from full-time National Service to train and participate in the Southeast Asian Games.” In a separate statement, national sports governing body Sport Singapore said that besides Schooling, CNB had also probed another national swimming Amanda Lim, and issued her a stern warning under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
“I made a mistake and I’m responsible for what I’ve done. I will make amends and right what is wrong... I won’t let you down again,” he said. The historic victory also led to various sponsorship deals, reportedly with the likes of DBS Bank, Hugo Boss, Tag Heuer, Toyota, Milo and Yakult. He failed to qualify for the 100m fly semi-finals at the Fina World Championships in South Korea in 2019 after clocking 52.93 seconds in the heats. At the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, he also failed to make it past the heats of his pet event, completing the men’s 100m butterfly event in 53.12 seconds, close to three seconds slower than his gold-winning time from 2016.
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