Commonwealth Games: Singapore swimmers through to finals
Joseph Schooling has qualified for the finals in the 200m butterfly event at the swimming competition of this year's Commonwealth Games. He finished fifth out of 15 competitors with a time of 1:58.04 in the qualifying rounds.
He advances to the finals to be swum later on Saturday night (July 26).
On the women's side, Singapore also advanced to the finals of the 4x200m freestyle relay on Saturday night. The team comprising Amanda Lim, Lynette Lim, Nur Marina Chan and Quah Ting Wen finished eight out of nine teams in the heats, with their time of 8:25.18.
Singapore athlete Mok Ying Ren has withdrawn from the Marathon event at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. This is due to an existing injury which has not recovered in time for his run on Sunday (July 27).
Mok said that he had been nursing the injury on his right shin for the "past couple of weeks" but was positive of his chances of a recovery. However, the pain recurred after a few runs.
He said: "After consulting with the medical team, coaches and officials, I believe my body is telling me that it is not ready for 42km of pounding and I would risk long-term consequences if I do proceed."
He added that he remains focused on the "longer term".
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