SEA Games: Singapore men's 4x100m freestyle relay team disqualified after winning race
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HANOI - The Singapore men's 4x100m freestyle relay team had looked set to retain their SEA Games title after finishing first in 3min 17.19sec, ahead of Malaysia (3:20.13) and hosts Vietnam (3:21.81) at the My Dinh Water Sports Palace on Saturday (May 14). BSEA Games: Singapore men's 4x100m freestyle relay team disqualified after winning race
HANOI - The Singapore men's 4x100m freestyle relay team had looked set to retain their SEA Games title after finishing first in 3min 17.19sec, ahead of Malaysia (3:20.13) and hosts Vietnam (3:21.81) at the My Dinh Water Sports Palace on Saturday (May 14). But midway through their post-race interviews, the Republic's quartet of Joseph Schooling, Mikkel Lee, Quah Zheng Wen and Jonathan Tan received a rude shock when they were told that they had been disqualified. They were then ushered away. The Sunday Times understands that the disqualification was due to a fractionally early start by a swimmer. Malaysia and the Philippines were also disqualified, leaving Vietnam (3:21.810) to take the gold, with Indonesia (3:24.090) and Thailand (3:24.280) completing the podium under the official results. Singapore had previously won this event consecutively since the 2001 Games. Swimming's national head coach Gary Tan said: ''Kudos to the boys, no fault of anybody's. Read more