Joseph Schooling’s admission of cannabis use is an important first step. He must now dig deep into his inner resources to recover, says Eugene Tan, who was the team manager of Singapore's 2004 Athens Olympics national swim team.
Public opinion was divided, for his brush with the law had resulted in an apparent rap on the knuckles for his misdemeanour in a country that has long adopted a no nonsense, zero-tolerance policy towards drug abuse.Singapore's Joseph Schooling won gold in Rio.
Given his abuse of privileges while on short-term disruption from full-time NS to train and compete in the Hanoi SEA Games in May, the Ministry of Defence is right and justified to revoke his sporting privileges for the rest of his NS. His swimming career, which has been lacklustre in the last few years, has taken a severe hit - one which he might not recover from.
There is no alternative to bouncing back, for the alternatives are too disconcerting to contemplate for the nation’s sporting idol. For a young country starved of sporting success on the world stage, Singapore had lionised and feted Schooling for his sensational victory in the 100m butterfly event.
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