Joseph Schooling was shot to fame after he beat the man with 23 Gold medals, Michael Phelps, securing himself a Gold in the Men’s 100m butterfly.
The 21-year old Singaporean bagged first place after he finished at 50.39s, while Phelps and astonishingly 2 others came in second at 51.14s.
However, with the fame that comes along, seems like there are countries that want to claim more or less a little bit of credit for Schooling’s success.
Fellow Malaysian, Kabul Shamsuri shared a hilarious take on this current incident.
He writes,
“Everyone now wants to claim credit on Schooling’s Olympic gold medal.
The Americans say he was trained there. Malaysians say his mum is from Ipoh. British claimed that his great grandfather was from Britain. Portugal claimed that his great grandmother was Portugal-Eurasian. China claimed that he was 1/2 Chinese.
But the best part comes from the Philippines. They say he is brought up by his Filipino maid.”
– Humorous post by Kabil
