When national swimmer Nicholas Mahabir experienced fatigue and body aches in June 2023, the teenager brushed it off as “training effect”. But when he started having fainting spells, he realised that it was something more serious. The breaststroke specialist, who has not competed in seven months, told The Straits Times in an exclusive interview that his ordeal did not show.
SINGAPORE - Nicholas Mahabir set a national record in the 100m breaststroke on Friday (July 28), becoming the first Singaporean to swim the event in under a minute - and moved closer to his goal of qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. He clocked 59.96 seconds in the final to finish between winner Jake Foster (59.64 seconds) of the.