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Hero's welcome for S'pore's golden boy
Schooling informed his application for another deferment of his National Service is granted till 2020
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Lee U-Wen
Published Mon, Aug 15, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Singapore
HUNDREDS of people packed the arrival hall of Changi Airport Terminal 3 well before dawn on Monday, all angling for a glimpse of Singapore's first Olympic gold medallist Joseph Schooling.
They got much more than that. The 21-year-old swimmer, looking fresh despite a long-haul flight from Brazil, spent well over an hour obliging nearly all of them with every autograph, selfie or handshake they wanted from their sporting hero.
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