Asian Games Swimming: Tao Li wins Singapore’s first gold in 50m Butterfly
Tao Li won the 50m Butterfly in a new Singapore record of 26.10 seconds to secure Singapore's first gold medal at the Asian Games.
Tao Li won the 50m Butterfly in a new Singapore record of 26.10 seconds to secure Singapore's first gold medal at the Asian Games.
Ting Wen lowered her 200m Freestyle season's best of 2 minutes 2.88 seconds by more than one and a half seconds when she clocked a first-leg split of 2:01.10 in the women's 4x200m Freestyle relay final.
For the second straight multi-sport Games, the Singapore men's 4x200 metres Freestyle relay team did well enough to qualify for the final, but failed to register an official result yet again.
Singapore swimmers Danny Yeo, Clement Lim and Andrew Lim set personal bests on Day two of the Asian Games swimming competition.
Swimmer Tao Li won Team Singapore's first medal of the 16th Asian Games when she finished second in the women's 100 metres Butterfly final.
Singapore's Tao Li delivered a personal time 25.47 seconds in the 50m Butterfly on the final day of the third leg of the 2010 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup.
Tao Li won a silver in the 100m Butterfly to earn Singapore’s lone medal on the first day of the two-day meet. She touched in just behind in-form Swede Therese Alshammar, who picked up another gold medal in the series with a finishing time of 56.32 seconds.
The team, consisting of Richard Chng, Jeremy Kevin Matthews, Mattias Ng, Arren Quek, Teo Zhen Ren, Aaron Yeo and Dzulhaili Mohd Kamal, were not considered to be Singapore's best possible representatives. The main squad are preparing for next month's Asian Games which have been identified as their target meet for the year. Nevertheless, the swimmers gave a good account of themselves at the Delhi Games.