Tackling the critical question of Schooling’s NS deferment after his poor Tokyo Olympics performance

• Main Author: EUGENE, Tan K. B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: National service; NS deferment; sports; Singapore; Joseph Schooling; Asian Studies; Law and Society; Military, War, and Peace; Sports Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3679; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5637/viewcontent/20210803_TDYOnline_COmmentary_Tackling.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In a commentary, SMU Associate Professor of Law Eugene Tan, who was team manager of Singapore’s 2004 Athens Olympics national swim team, discussed the critical question of Singapore’s sporting icon Joseph Schooling’s National Service (NS) deferment after his subpar performance at the Tokyo Olympics....