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Saturday 13 August 2016

Brasil - Rio 2016: Singapore claims first Olympic gold in swimming pool: ARIRANG NEWS

Published on Aug 13, 2016
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And finally, another huge moment on Day 7...
With 2 silver and 2 bronze medals,... Singapore has been longing for its first Olympic gold since 1948, the year, it first sent athletes to the Olympics. 

And the wait finally came to an end on Friday.

21 year old Joseph Schooling won gold in the men's 100-meter butterfly, with an Olympic record time of 50-point-3-9 seconds. 

And what made Schooling's moment even more remarkable, was the man who had to stand below him on the podium -- Michael Phelps.

In a three-way tie with swimmers from South Africa and Hungary... the world's most decorated Olympian, who was going for his 23rd gold...had to settle for silver.

That's a wrap of Friday's action, now let's take a look at some of the events to watch out for on Saturday.

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