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As the world opened up this year, Singapore and Singaporeans emerged from the pandemic in winning ways, in a showcase of physical excellence and the triumph of the human spirit. From champion athletes to everyday heroes, these individuals epitomise passion, perseverance, and dedication, and, in the process, put the limelight on our Little Red Dot. Read on and be wowed...

Water for Wellbeing Open Water Swim Around Hong Kong by Olympians Raises Nearly $1 Million for Splash, Raises Mental Heath Awareness

Like you said in your introduction you didnt do this to get into the record books, this is being done for charity? yes, thats right, this is done in support for fundraising for splash foundation. they are hong charity. i have been volunteering for them as a swim coach for the last two and a half ive been in three years, splash provides completely free swim lessons for communities like foreign and domestic helpers in hong kong, kids with special needs and kits from low income communities. it has ...

For the past several months, Li Ling Yung-Hryniewiecki has engaged in a peculiar bath-time routine. She fills her bath with cold water and ice to reach a temperature of 13 to 15 degrees Celsius (55 to 59 degrees Fahrenheit), and instead of having wine or reading a book, she will put on YouTube and, quite literally, chill out. That’s part of...

When Johnnie Chi-kau Chan was 14 years old, he was swimming at a pool in Hong Kong when he started to panic. "Help, help, help!," he shouted, before the lifeguards came to his rescue. It wasn't that Chan didn't know how to swim – in fact, he was in a competition. "I was the last one," he says. "My peers...

Splash Foundation, whose mission is to introduce people from under-resourced communities to swimming, has launched a series of free lessons on YouTube before the city’s pools and beaches reopen.