Day 2: S'pore bags 9 gold medals to remain top medal country, with three swimming golds

Team Singapore clinched 9 Golds today, to maintain its lead at the medal standings.

Medal Standings (Day 2) — *Source: 28th SEA Games website*

Here is the honour list of our 9 gold medalists today:

Golds 18, 19 and 20: Swimming

Our swimmers dominated Day 2 of their SEA Games campaign, winning three golds and breaking three SEA games record in the process.

Swimming Medal Standings (Day 2) — *Source: 28th SEA Games website*

Joseph Schooling led our charge by bagging his first two golds.

He broke the SEA Games record in the men's 100m freestyle, which was also a new national record.

Both Schooling and gold medalist Quah Zheng Wen then teamed up to utterly dominate their competitors in the Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay.

28th SEA Games Singapore 2015 - OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore - 7/6/15 Swimming - Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay - Final - Singapore's Quah Zheng Wen (L), Pang Sheng Jun (2nd L), Yeo Kai Quan and Joseph Schooling (R) on podium TEAMSINGAPORE Mandatory Credit: Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee / Action Images via Reuters — Singapore's Quah Zheng Wen (L), Pang Sheng Jun (2nd L), Yeo Kai Quan and Joseph Schooling (R) on podium
Source: Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee / Action Images via Reuters

By nearly 12 seconds.

And the difference between the silver medalist and the last-placed team was 11 seconds.

Tao Li added another gold for the swim team when she won the 50m butterfly. She clocked a Games record time of 26.58, ahead of team-mate Quah Ting Wen.

28th SEA Games Singapore 2015 - OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore - 7/6/15 Swimming - Women's 50m Butterfly - Final - Singapore's Tao Li holds the national flag after winning the gold TEAMSINGAPORE Mandatory Credit: Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee / Action Images via Reuters — *Source: Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee / Action Images via Reuters*

Gold 21: Netball

Revenge is a dish best served cold, as our netball team waited 14 years to beat bitter rivals Malaysia 46-43 for Singapore's 1st ever gold medal.

Presenting to you our Netball Singapore Girls. You go! Girls!Amazing match. Kudos to Team Malaysia too for being a tremendous opponent!#OneTeamSG #SEAGames2015 #CelebrateTheExtraordinary #TeamSingapore #OurTeamSG

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Singapore lost 42-53 to host Malaysia in the 2001 SEA Games final.

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Tony Tan and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong were amongst the 3000-strong supporters cheering on Team Singapore!

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28th SEA Games Singapore 2015 - OCBC Arena Hall 1, Singapore - 7/6/15 Netball - Final - Singapore v Malaysia - The Singapore team celebrates winning the gold medal TEAMSINGAPORE SEAGAMES28 Mandatory Credit: Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee / Action Images via Reuters — Source: Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee / Action Images via Reuters

Charmaine Soh (the lady in red on the right) was the star of the match, scoring 38 of Singapore's 46 goals.

Gold 22: Marathon

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Gold 23: Shooting

Singapore's shooting team secured 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals, with Teo Shun Xie (below) bagging the gold in 10m air pistol.

28th SEA Games Singapore 2015 - SAFRA Yishun, Singapore - 7/6/15 Shooting - Women's 10m Air Pistol - Final - Singapore's Teo Shun Xie celebrates after winning the gold medal SEAGAMES28 TEAMSINGAPORE Mandatory Credit: Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee / Action Images via Reuters — *Source: Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee / Action Images via Reuters*

Gold 24 - Men's English billiard singles (500)

Peter Gilchrist clinched gold with its dominating performance (501-291) over Vietnam's Thanh Binh Nguyen.

Gold 25: Fencing

28th SEA Games Singapore 2015 - OCBC Arena Hall 2, Singapore - 7/6/15 Fencing - Men's Team Foil - Final - Singapore's Kevin Jerrold Chan (R) in action with the Philippines' Wilfred Curioso SEAGAMES28 TEAMSINGAPORE Mandatory Credit: Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee / Action Images via Reuters — *Singapore's Kevin Jerrold Chan (R) in action with the Philippines' Wilfred Curioso*
*Source: Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee / Action Images via Reuters*

Our men's foil fencers clinched gold in the team event, beating the Philippines 45-40. This is the first time our male fencers won gold.

Gold 26 - Wushu

17-year old Zoe Mui won the gold in the women's changquan (optional) event, one of the last competition of Day 2.

Top photo by Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee /Action Images via Reuters.

Day 2: S'pore bags 9 gold medals to remain top medal country, with three swimming golds

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