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Singaporeans celebrate first Olympic gold medal

Xinhua, August 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

Singaporeans burst into cheers after the nation's Joseph Schooling won the nation's first-ever Olympic gold medal in the Men's 100m Butterfly Finals on Saturday.

The 21-year-old Singaporean touched the wall in 50.39 seconds, beating 22 Olympic gold medal winner, America's Michael Phelps, as well as South Africa's Chad le Clos and Hungarian Laszlo Cseh, who touched the wall at the same time in 51.14 seconds.

"Well done Joseph, well done Singapore!" The audiences shouted at a gymnasium near Stadium after they watched the race live.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong also congratulated Schooling in the first time on Facebook.

"My heartiest congratulations to Joseph Isaac Schooling for his historic gold medal win, and Olympic record of 50.39 seconds for the 100m butterfly! This is Singapore's first Olympic gold medal ever, and also our first medal for Rio2016," he said.

"To all of Team Singapore - thank you for showing us what it means to work hard and never give up on our dreams," Lee adde