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There were plenty of good, bad and the ugly moments that happened this year. But 2022 in particular was filled with WTF stories that we either didn’t see coming, confused us or made us cringe to the core. Here’s a taste of what we endured this year:
25-year old Singaporean swimmer Teong Tzen Wei broke the Singaporean and Asian Records in the 50 fly in prelims at the World Championships.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Two months after they were embroiled in one of the biggest controversies in local sport, swimmers Amanda Lim and Teong Tzen Wei were back in the national team’s training pool on Tuesday (Nov 1), with Lim stressing that the “fire right now is probably burning even stronger”.
Olympic gold medallist Joseph Schooling has been fined by the Singapore National Olympic Council along with two other swimmers after they admitted to using illicit drugs.
SNOC has fined 3 national swimmers for breach of conduct after admitting to taking drugs abroad. Their prize money has been released to them.