Joseph Schooling may be on home ground when he stands on the blocks at the OCBC Aquatic Centre tomorrow, but he will be in rather unfamiliar territory. He will compete in only the 200m individual medley during the Aug 15-17 Singapore leg of the Fina Swimming World Cup, an...
"The IM trains a lot of different things, like fitness and different strokes, and it taps on different muscle systems and energy systems," said Schooling, who set the 200m IM national record of 1:59.99 in 2013, as he explained his choice of the IM for this meet.
" And so I just wasn't ready for it until this year to keep pushing that middle distance like I had been. That's what won me the gold in Rio, and that's why I need to go back to it." This will benefit Schooling in the 100m fly by giving him more speed in the second 50m so that he can finish stronger, explained Tan.
Quah, who earned two bronze medals in the Tokyo leg two weeks ago and set a new national record 24.92sec in the 50m freestyle, wants to go faster.The 26-year-old had become the first Singaporean woman to go below 25 seconds for the event, after becoming the first local to go under 55 seconds for the women's 100m freestyle with her 54.82s effort in March.
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