Singapore swimmer Teong Tzen Wei says 'sorry' after latest drugs bombshell


Teong Tzen Wei has been Singapore's top-performing swimmer in 2022. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): News of Teong Tzen Wei's confession to drug consumption - the third swimmer to be implicated - sent a second round of shock waves through the swimming fraternity on Wednesday (Sept 28).

The 24-year-old has been Singapore's top-performing swimmer in 2022, making a final at the World Championships, winning a silver at the Commonwealth Games and becoming South-east Asia's fastest swimmer.

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