Schooling has failed to defend several individual titles at the SEA Games – he was dethroned in the 50m butterfly by teammate Teong Tzen Wei and on Sunday in the 100m freestyle.
He held on to his 100m butterfly crown – the event in which he won an Olympic title in 2016 - but was pushed right to the end by teammate Quah Zheng Wen who finished only three hundredths of a second behind.
The 100m butterfly is Schooling’s pet event; he is the current Olympic record holder with a time of 50.39.
Earlier in the meet, national training centre head coach Gary Tan told reporters that with Schooling qualified for the 100m butterfly event at next year’s Olympics in Tokyo, the swimmer would make “big changes” to get “trim and fit”.
“There is some recognition of things that he needs to change, in the lifestyle part of it, especially getting a bit more trim and getting him to work towards getting fitter as well,” said Tan.
“We’re seven months out for Olympics, we’ve got time to get him trim and fit, and I know that he’s ready to make those big changes as well."
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