Five things to know about Singapore's Olympic champion Joseph Schooling

Joseph Schooling announced his retirement from competitive swimming, eight years after winning Singapore's first and only Olympic gold medal.New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE: Joseph Schooling made history for Singapore when he won the country's first Olympic gold medal at the Rio Games in 2016.Eight years later, Schooling announced his retirement on Tuesday to turn his focus on growing his swim school.

FILE - United States' Michael Phelps and Singapore's Joseph Schooling check their times after a men's 100-meter butterfly heat during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Olympic gold medal swimmer Joseph Schooling has apologized for using cannabis in Vietnam while competing there on leave from military service in his native Singapore.

“The Lloyd Valberg story has always been told by my dad to me. He told me that my granduncle is the first Singaporean Olympian,” Schooling said in an interview for a book entitled: “Rings of Stars and Crescent: 70 Years of the Olympic Movement in Singapore”.3. Beaten Phelps prior to Rio “I’m not a superstar. I'm just that kid who beat Phelps that one time," said Schooling after returning to Singapore.Schooling was on long-term deferment from NS since 2014, and his deferment, along with that of fellow swimmer Quah Zheng Wen was due to expire after the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

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