Olympic champion Joseph Schooling will be kissing his men’s 100m butterfly title goodbye after failing to qualify for the semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, 29 July 2021.
Schooling came in last in his heats at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre, clocking a time of 53.12s.
The 100m Butterfly race is also his pet event.
Only the top 16 finishers in the heats will qualify for the semi-finals.
Previously, Schooling was the World record holder with a timing of 50.39s. He achieved this in the Rio 2016 Olympics which won him the Gold and Singapore’s first.
Schooling also lost to compatriot Quah Zheng Wen in the heats as the latter clocked 52.39s.
The latter also missed out on the semi-finals as the timing was not good enough to qualify him as well.
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