Commentary: Draw the right lessons from Joseph Schooling, Amanda Lim’s cannabis case for the benefit of future athletes

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While national swimmers Amanda Lim and Joseph Schooling have apologised for their drug investigations, Singapore must examine the factors and look for ways to support athletes, says SUSS sport professor Eugene Chew.

Hence, athletes’ parents and the wider social context around the swimmers - coaches, sport science specialists, sport administrators - play important roles in ensuring that they can manage the physical load and mental strain.The challenges and demands of an elite athlete are not unique to swimmers.

But this should not result in just more punitive measures. The aim should be to help, not condemn, and can look at various initiatives that will help athletes deal with the pressure of training and competition, and juggling their commitments.'Everybody makes mistakes': Swimming fraternity shocked by Schooling, Lim's cannabis case but rally behind them

Love it or loathe it, Schooling and Lim are aware of the expectations that comes with wearing the flag on their caps. They know they will have to bear the consequences of their behaviour.

 

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Makes me feel that we will never draw the 'right lesson' if those two are oridinary peasants.

East Asian governments and many of their citizens need to confront their antiquated attitudes. Drug abuse Why not stop obsessing over a harmless plant that humans, most especially across the Asian continent, have used ingeniously and responsibly for thousands of years?

We need legislature to prevent future athletes from substance abuse .

Basically the commentary said nothing

Is this a best a reporter can do? Why does a state have the right to test the bodies of its residents over anything they chose to do legally in another country?

Um no, your country is a joke.

要不要廢除吸大麻條款?

want to repeal anti-drug law?

The lesson is: 'Sauce for the goose is NOT sauce for the gander' in Singapore.

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