Singapore's champion and the fight to defend his Olympic crown: Joseph Schooling's Tokyo challenge

TOKYO: Who can forget that Saturday morning in Singapore five years ago when Joseph Schooling stunned the world at the Rio Olympics?

On the step below were Michael Phelps, Chad Le Clos and Laszlo Cseh, swimming luminaries relegated to a three-way tie for silver.The world has changed since that momentous triumph: We remain in the throes of a deadly pandemic; the Olympics were postponed for the first time; and a 10-year world record in Schooling’s pet event was finally broken.

Caeleb Dressel swam the first leg for the USA's victorious 4x100m freestyle relay team at the Tokyo Olympics AFP/Oli SCARFF The American also has this year's fastest time at 50.17s. In contrast, Schooling's fastest time in 2021 came when he clocked 52.93s to finish behind Dressel at the ISCA International Senior Cup in March.

“Freestyle is always like a hit or miss for me. But at the same time, I'm excited for what's going to happen in two days,” he said on Tuesday after his 100m freestyle heat.

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