[Updated Aug 17] With the live broadcast rights debacle out of the way, sports fans in Singapore can finally set their sights on Rio de Janeiro and embrace the spirit of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. Here are five Singaporean athletes we’ll be watching.
Joseph Schooling, Swimming
His accolades are there for all to see, and a nation is holding its breath. Joseph Schooling has won medals at the Southeast Asian Games, the Commonwealth Games, the Asian Games and, most impressively, the FINA World Championships. Now, Olympic glory is a genuine possibility. A sign of how far he’s come: Schooling will swim alongside the legendary Michael Phelps in Heat 6 of the 100m butterfly.
Schedule for Men’s 100m Freestyle
Schedule for Men’s 100m Butterfly
Jasmine Ser, Shooting
Sports shooter Jasmine Ser has medaled at Southeast Asian, Commonwealth and Asian Games levels. She’ll be competing in the 10m air rifle and 50m rifle 3 positions events; events in which she has already struck Commonwealth gold.
Schedule for Women’s 10m Air Rifle
Schedule for Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions
Feng Tianwei, Table Tennis
With a collection of one silver and two bronzes, Singapore’s most decorated Olympian will be gunning for more success in Rio. Feng kicks off her singles campaign in the third round against Luxembourg’s Ni Xialian. She will also compete in the women’s team event which takes place from Aug 12 to 16.
Schedule for Women’s Singles
Schedule for Women’s Team
Colin Cheng, Sailing
Singapore is sending an impressive contingent of 10 sailors to Rio, and the first of them booked their place there almost two years ago. Colin Cheng is no stranger to Olympic competition, placing 15th in the Laser event in London back in 2012 – the best performance by an Asian sailor in that event. Cheng is pursuing a top 10 finish in Guanabara Bay.
Schedule for Men’s Laser
Saiyidah Aisyah, Rowing
Saiyidah Aisyah’s story is all about the power of dreams and self-belief. Singapore’s first rowing representative at the Olympics will compete in the single sculls, the event she famously won at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games in Naypyidaw.
Schedule for Women’s Single Sculls
