Asian Games: Experience in Jakarta will benefit S'pore teen swimmers in the long run, says coach

Singapore’s quartet of (from left) Christie Chue, Quah Ting Wen, Cherlyn Yeoh and Quah Jing Wen after they finished fourth in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay final at the Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug 19, 2018. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Singapore’s swimming quartet of (from left) Darren Lim, Lionel Khoo, Quah Zheng Wen and Joseph Schooling at the men’s 4x100m medley relay heats at the Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug 24, 2018. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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JAKARTA - Jonathan Tan had not known what competing at a major Games entailed before this Asian Games. The 16-year-old had never been in an athletes' village, nor experienced the crowds that await swimmers after they walk out of the marshalling area.

He does now.

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