Joseph Schooling

2022 - 4 - 24

Post cover — Image courtesy of "The Straits Times"

Swimming: Joseph Schooling was done, and then he changed his ... (The Straits Times)

He had a tough six months after Tokyo Olympic flop, losing his father and then enlisting for NS. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

Schooling delivered this line with the candour and wisdom of a man who has taken his share of hits. "But as of right now, my mind's clear, I'm in a good spot, I feel energised. But he added: "At the end of the day, you do what you have to do. I want to stand on top of the podium for my country again. "Because you never know when you're going to feel good again. But... all I need to know is if it's possible (to pull off). Whether it's tough or not, I don't really care." "My priorities are my goals in the pool. "What I do know is that maybe something clicked after dad passed. I want all of the above." "Swimming has a very finite timeline. It is a wearisome regimen. Colin died in November aged 73, after a battle with liver cancer.

After a difficult 2021, Joseph Schooling looks ahead to SEA Games ... (CNA)

SINGAPORE: There are still puddles on the ground when Joseph Schooling sits down with journalists on a quiet Saturday afternoon (Apr 23).

"I'm gonna swim in about four events at the SEA Games. And obviously, the goal is to go 4 and 0 ... It's that competitive side. But towards the end of your career, you look back and you see how important these kinds of Games are. But at the end of it, just go out there and have fun, and see what you can do," Schooling said. He will be part of a contingent of 23 swimmers headed to the Games next month. "SEA games is something that I grew up with being like the creme de la creme. "At the end of the day, if people can work jobs on the outside and still train, why can't I do army and train at the same time? If I do continue to swim on to the Olympics, then we have to step back and reevaluate." And I'm a kind of guy that likes control ... But with the army, you can't control anything. "Given all the circumstances going on on the outside, I thought that was a great performance. And swimming is a very unforgiving sport," he said. "Your body goes where the mind tells it to. There is a faint breeze and the sun is blazing.