Yahoo! Singapore News, 23 Nov 2011Singapore’s swim team manager Aloysious Yeo said, “In the Asian Games level, you have very high standards and teams like China to beat, and to reach that level and win a gold, it’s not easy. Taking away say 10 or 20 per cent of the reward money is … not easy. I can’t say if it’s right or wrong – they must have their own reasons of wanting to reduce the amount.”
But Yeo stressed that the reduction in reward money doesn’t mean the swimmers’ performance will be affected.
“They don’t do it for money. It’s for country and passion,” he said.. Full story
