SINGAPORE: National athlete Teong Tzen Wei issued an apology to his family and the swimming fraternity for consuming drugs, saying he should have known better.
On 29 September, Sport Singapore named Teong as the third swimmer after Joseph Schooling and Amanda Lim, to be investigated for drug-related offences.
All three had confessed to consuming controlled drugs overseas as TeamSG athletes, but tested negative for controlled drugs during investigations by the Central Narcotics Bureau CNB said SportSg.
In a statement received on Thursday by the Singapore Swimming Association, Teong said: "I would like to apologise to my family, my fellow swimmers and the Singapore Swimming Association. This is something I regret doing and as an elite athlete I should have known better. I accept the sanctions that are given to me and I understand that as a national athlete I have to adhere to a code of conduct that governs all athletes who wear the Singapore flag. I will come back from this stronger and be a better version of myself.