“The Armed Forces Council approved Mr Joseph Schooling’s request for extension of his deferment and for him to be enlisted for NS after the 2020 Olympic Games”, said Dr Ng said in a statement issued on Monday (Aug 15).
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Michael Phelps should always follow his heart regarding his probable retirement from competitive swimming.
Gymnast Max Whitlock scored a historic double gold win – the first time a British athlete has claimed an Olympic gold for gymnastics.
There’s plenty of action across 12 sports with 22 gold medals being awarded Sunday.
“Ten years younger than Phelps, the 21-year-old beat him in the heats, beat him again in the semis, beat him off the blocks in the final, beat him over the first 50m, beat him over the last 50m, then beat the Olympic record Phelps set in Beijing, with the Singaporean winning the gold in 50.39 seconds”.
Day 10 of the Rio Games features medal action in track and field, boxing, cycling, marathon swimming, wrestling and more. Some individuals impersonated police officers and took the swimmers’ money and other personal items.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 14 (UPI) – Phelps out.
Michael Phelps is used to being in a league of his own.
Turning back the clock in his fifth and final Games, Phelps produced a blistering third leg of butterfly to restore his team’s lead and tee up victory after Britain’s Adam Peaty had threatened to gatecrash his party.
Bradley Wiggins has ridden off into the Rio de Janeiro sunset, having become the only Brit with eight Olympic medals, all in cycling and from five games.
“Definitely the highlight of my life”, he told the crowd. “Relay?” Phelps said his mother asked. Being able to close the door on this sport the way I want to, that’s why I’m happy. “My family was screaming”.
A number of high-profile golfers had made a decision to rule themselves out of the Rio Olympics since the opportunity to return to play their sport at the Games emerged during 2009.
“There were many other things that were supposed to be installed, and they could not”, said Dubi, who said Ukrainian suppliers had failed to deliver at the last minute, forcing organizers to improvise.
Schooling’s father, Colin, did not travel to Rio but said he’d dreamed of the Singapore anthem being sung in the Olympic stadium.
“Individuals will have to show why deferment is necessary for them to train full-time and compete successfully at global competitions”, Ng said.
But it was the day of firsts, which makes this extra special.
“I didn’t want to feel like I was forced to do something”. “I wanted to hold my son”.
“This is the way I wanted to finish my career”, he said. Grenada’s Kirani James is tipped as a hot favorite, and some think he is capable of breaking Michael Johnson’s world record set in 1999, although Johnson has questioned his technique.
Phelps told Holt that he woke up “happy” Sunday after swimming in his final Olympic race the previous night.
While other kids rushed at Phelps wanting photos, Schooling was frozen.
Which is why it’s so tantalizing to imagine him still swimming in four years. “Being Michael required such isolation”, Ervin observed. “I hope our investment will continue so we can catch up to the top powers”.
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A few miles away in the open Brazilian air, Giles Scott, who narrowly missed out on the one spot for the sailing in London, filled the void left by four-time gold medalist Sir Ben Ainslie to secure his place at the top of the leader board on the waters of Marina da Gloria.
