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From Singapore’s swim saga comes an old truth: Sport hurts
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Singapore swimmer Quah Ting Wen was deeply disappointed after being replaced in the relay team for the Paris Olympics.
PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
“What can you do?” Ivan Lendl said in 1988. “It’s just heartbreaking.”
He meant sport, this sweaty enterprise which is guaranteed to leave you broken.


