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S1E22: MCCY's Edwin Tong on Joseph Schooling, fairweather sports fans, athlete accountability: ST Sports Talk Ep 136
ST Sports Talk Ep 136: MCCY's Edwin Tong on Joseph Schooling, fairweather sports fans, athlete accountability
16:20 mins
Synopsis: The Straits Times tackles the biggest sports talking points every month.
Team Singapore has returned home from the Tokyo Olympics empty-handed but Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong insisted that there were "a lot of positives". These included the record 12 sports that Singapore is represented in at these Games by 23 athletes - 17 of whom are debutants - as well as some individual performances that Mr Tong said "stood out".
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