Swimming: Joseph Schooling preparing to return to US to train, believes he's on right track for Olympic defence

Joseph Schooling is confident of being able to "jump back into it pretty quickly" upon returning to racing. PHOTO: JOSEPH SCHOOLING/INSTAGRAM
Joseph Schooling is confident of being able to "jump back into it pretty quickly" upon returning to racing. PHOTO: JOSEPH SCHOOLING/INSTAGRAM
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SINGAPORE - Joseph Schooling may not have raced since the SEA Games in December - the longest he has gone without competing - but the 25-year-old Olympic champion is not worried about the lack of competition practice.

Schooling told The Straits Times in a recent interview: "(Not racing) is tough on one hand, but on the other hand I needed to change a lot of things and this has really given me the time to do those things.

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