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Joe Schooling Picks Up His $1m Cheque As Singapore’s First Olympic Champion
- Updated: November 25, 2016
Joseph Schooling has becomes first recipient of a Sin$1 million (approx. US$700,000) Singaporean award as his nation celebrates its Rio 2016 Olympians. The 21-year-old became Singapore’s first Olympic champion when he claimed the 100m butterfly crown ahead of more history: a joint silver for defending champion Michael Phelps, the American who holds the world record, Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh and South African Chad le Clos.
At a ceremony in Singapore, Schooling became the first to claim his nation’s landmark $1 million cheque through the Singapore National Olympic Council’s (SNOC) multi-million dollar awards programme (MAP).
The award has caused a depth of debate in the United States over where such a payment leaves NCAA college rules that wed swimmers to an amateur status and forbid cash for sport’s success. Schooling suggested money was an important factor in achieving sporting success when he told the Straits …
