Joseph Schooling's defence of his Olympic 100m butterfly title unravelled at the heats on Thursday as he clocked 53.12sec to finish last among eight swimmers in Heat 5, which was won by Nyls Korstanje of the Netherlands in 51.54sec.
The Singaporean, whose best timing this year was 52.93sec, was 44th among the field of 55 swimmers. Only the top 16 swimmers will progress to the semi-finals on Friday morning. He told reporters at the mixed zone that he does not know exactly what his plans are for the rest of the year and beyond, but he added:"I definitely don't want it to end like this."He added that it was definitely not a fitness issue and that preparations under coach Sergio Lopez were as good as they could have been.
Teammate Quah Zheng Wen, 24, also missed the cut after clocking 52.39sec to finish fourth out of seven swimmers in Heat 4. He placed 34th overall.
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