Story and pictures by Leslie Tan/Red Sports
Mark Tan of Singapore touched home in 2 minutes, 17.97 seconds in the 200m breaststroke final. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Singapore Sports School, Saturday, October 27, 2007 – Mark Tan of Singapore won a bronze medal in the 200m breaststroke final in the second leg of the Swimming World Cup held at the Singapore Sports School.
The 21-year-old ex-ACS(I) and Singapore Polytechnic student was surprised by his win. “The two Indonesians (Herry Yudihanto and Nicko Ricardo) have better personal best times than I do. But coach told me to stay focused and that’s what I did,” pointing to the word “focus” that was scrawled onto his left forearm. Mark, who is currently in National Service, will compete for Singapore in the upcoming South East Asian (SEA) Games in Thailand in the 100m and 200m breaststroke.
Kenneth Lim of Singapore was 8th in the 200m breaststroke final with a time of 2min 28.82s. (Photo 2 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Leonard Tan of Singapore was 4th in the 200m breaststroke final in a time of 2min 19.48s. (Photo 3 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Tao Li of Singapore on her way to the silver medal in the 100m butterfly final. She finished in a time of 57.80s. (Photo 4 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Natalie Coughlin of the United States was first in the 100m butterfly final with a time of 56.35s. (Photo 5 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Nigel Lim of Singapore (pictured) finished 7th in the 200m butterfly final in a time of 2 min 6.86 s. Fellow Singaporeans Ng Tze Kang (2:04.15) and Nicholas Sim (2:10.83) were 6th and 8th respectively. (Photo 6 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Quah Ting Wen of Singapore (pictured) was 5th in the 200m individual medley final with a time of 2min 21.97s. Fellow Singaporean Tan Pei Shan was 7th in 2:25.96. (Photo 7 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Tao Li on her way to her second silver for the night in the 200 individual medley final. She finished in a time of 2min 14.52s. (Photo 8 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Rainer Ng (pictured) was 5th in the 400m freestyle final in a time of 4 min 3.20 s. Fellow Singaporean Marcus Cheah was 4th in a time of 3min 57.03s. (Photo 9 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Lim Zhi Cong was 4th in the 400m individual medley final in a time of 4min 33.30s. (Photo 10 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Shana Lim was 5th in the 200m backstroke final in a time of 2min 18.54s. (Photo 10 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Eve Ng was 8th in the 200m backstroke final in a time of 2min 25.20s. Fellow Singaporean Goh Wan Ting was 7th in 2min 23.97s. (Photo 10 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
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