Tokyo Olympics: Joseph Schooling needs major rethink to change his narrative

Singapore swimmer Joseph Schooling trailing during his men's 100m butterfly heat at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Beneath all the defiant slew of social media posts insisting that Joseph Schooling is still Singapore's Olympic champion and someone who still has the nation's support, everyone's heart must have been hurting at the sight of a once-confident and unbeatable winner being reduced to a crestfallen and bewildered loser.

Instead, we got a shock when he finished last in his qualifying heat, with a timing that is almost three seconds - a lifetime in competitive swimming - from his gold-winning Olympic-record time .For those who take an interest in Schooling's fortunes only at the quadrennial Olympics, it must have seemed that he lost his brilliance overnight. And they might feel a deeper sense of shock and disappointment than those who have tracked his career since Rio.

Schooling won't. Not after being stung by such an unsatisfactory Olympic outing. He would instead be motivated to push on for another Olympic cycle to try and put up a more positive conclusion. Certainly, if he does, there will be people ready to support him all the way. He could even tap on the advice of his idol Phelps, who also endured a relative slump – winning just four golds at the 2012 London Olympics after piling up nine at the 2008 Beijing Games – before reviving his career for one last hurrah in Rio. astute upbringing by his parents Colin and May

The writer forgot one important fact which is NS. Unless he can defer again, how will he juggle NS with his swim training?

Face the fact, he’s passed his peak

y’all report the olympics like a gossip rag lmao

The coach needs to shoulder part of the blame.

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