Swimmers Joseph Schooling, Amanda Lim's SEA Games prize money put on hold over cannabis use

Schooling, 27, won two golds and a bronze at the Hanoi SEA Games, while Amanda, 29, bagged a gold and silver. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Even as the local sports fraternity celebrated its achievements at the MAP Awards Presentation on Wednesday (Sept 14), national swimmers Joseph Schooling and Amanda Lim - who had confessed to consuming cannabis - will have to wait to bank in their cheques for their SEA Games gold medals, as the duo's prize money has been put on hold.

This was confirmed by the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC), which runs the MAP Awards, a Major Games Award Programme that disburses cash rewards for the Olympic, Asian, Commonwealth and SEA Games.