[ad_1] LONDON: Joseph Schooling, the swimmer who won Singapore’s first and to date only Olympic gold medal in 2016, announced on Tuesday that he had retired from the pool at the age of 28. Known in the city state as “Singapore’s Flying Fish”, Schooling stunned the swimming world when he beat his boyhood hero Michael…
[ad_1] DOHA: China’s Pan Zhanle won the men’s 100 metres freestyle title at the world championships in Doha on Thursday, establishing his status as one of the favourites for Olympic gold in five months’ time. The 19-year-old came home in 47.53sec, 0.19sec ahead of Italian Alessandro Miressi with Hungarian Nandor Nemeth third at 0.25. It…
[ad_1] DOHA: With six months to go until the Olympic Games, China ended the World Aquatics Championships diving events on Saturday with a ninth gold medal thanks to Yang Hao. Yang, 26, claimed his first individual world title in the men’s 10m platform with 564.05 points to pip compatriot and Olympic champion Cao Yuan, second…
[ad_1] PERTH: Australia’s top swimmers have opted out of the world championships in Doha, with the squad announced Friday missing Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O’Callaghan and Kyle Chalmers. Kaylee McKeown and Emma McKeon will also give the February event a miss to focus on the Paris Olympics later in the year. The 18-strong roster is headlined…
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[ad_1] Butterfly specialist China's Zhang Yufei won her fifth gold medal of the Asian Games on Thursday when she edged Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey to win the 50m freestyle, while South Korea wrought vengeance on hosts China in front of a frenzied eSports crowd. Zhang powered to the finish in a new Games record 24.26sec…
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore’s first and only-ever Olympic champion Joseph Schooling will not be competing at the Asian Games in Hangzhou next month, the swimmer said on Saturday. “While I will not be participating, I wish the contingent the best at Asian Games and to do Singapore proud,” the 28-year-old said in a statement. “The status…
[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Mollie O’Callaghan upset Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus with the fastest 200m freestyle of the year Thursday to book a world championship slot from a stacked field at the Australian trials. Reigning 100m world champion O’Callaghan produced a sizzling final 50m to touch in 1:53.83 ahead of Titmus (1:54.14), who easily won the…
[ad_1] People who indulge in brisk walking, swimming, running, and stair climbing can have a significantly lower risk of death from flu or pneumonia, even at weekly levels below those recommended, suggests research. However, the findings published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, showed there may be a level above which the effects plateau…
