INCHEON: Swimmer Joseph Schooling won Singapore's first gold at the Asian Games in the 100m Butterfly finals in a Games record time of 51.76 seconds, edging out China's Li Zhu Hao who ended up with silver.
This is Singapore's first men's swimming gold since 1982.
The 19-year-old came in second at the turn behind Li, however the Chinese swimmer ran out of steam. Japan's Hirofumi Ikebata took bronze.
Schooling had earlier won Singapore's first medal in a male swimming event at the Asian Games in 24 years, grabbing bronze in the 200m Butterfly event.
In the women's 200m Butterfly finals, Quah Ting Wen finished 6th, with a timing of 2 minutes 14.26 seconds.Earlier, bowler Jazreel Tan won Singapore's second silver at the Games. Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong posted on Facebook that it was a 'great day' for Singapore at the Asian Games. 'Well done and keep going Team Singapore!' he wrote.
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