Singapore swimmer Toh Wei Soong wraps up 2026 Asian Para Games with his fifth medal

Toh Wei Soong secured his second silver medal of the 2026 Asian Para Games on Oct 23.

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Published Oct 23, 2026, 10:18 PM

Updated Oct 23, 2026, 11:31 PM

Toh Wei Soong won 50m freestyle S7 silver in Nagoya, ending the 2026 Asian Para Games with five medals and 12 APG medals overall.

He said the meet was “tough” and praised his team, while also saying he must trust himself more and stop chasing perfection.

Singapore finished with 10 medals across four sports; Wong Zhi Wei set a national record, and boccia pair Gan and Taha reached the final.

SINGAPORE – In his fourth outing at the Asian Para Games, Singaporean swimmer Toh Wei Soong was thrown a “tough” challenge that tested his resilience.

The 28-year-old, who swims in the S7 class, had won three golds and a silver at the previous edition in China in 2023.

But in Japan this time around, he was unable to retain his titles in the men’s 50m freestyle, 50m butterfly and 100m backstroke.

On Oct 23, he earned a silver in the 50m free, adding to the 100m back silver and three bronzes (400m free, 100m free and 50m fly) he had clinched earlier in the competition.

At the Nagoya City General Gymnasium’s Rainbow Pool, Toh touched the wall in 29.22sec to finish behind China’s Zhang Yilong (28.85), who also won the SM7 200m individual medley and the S7 categories of the 100m free and 50m fly events.

Uzbekistan’s Sardor Bakhtiyorov was third in 29.72sec.

While it was not easy, Toh took pride in how he persevered through the meet.

He told the Team Singapore website: “I’ve been fighting very, very hard these past few days, I’m very proud of myself for how far I’ve come.

“It’s been tough going up against my competitors, and I just want to thank my team for being there with me.”

With his five-medal showing in Nagoya, Toh now has 12 medals, including five golds, across three editions of the APG.

The competition in Japan also showed him the importance of believing in himself.

“That’s something I have struggled with throughout my career,” said Toh, who has also won two silvers and a bronze across three editions of the Commonwealth Games.

“This idea of being able to trust myself, being able to just stop trying to be a perfectionist… to the point of trying to control every variable, and instead just accepting that things are gonna go however they’re gonna go. It’s really to build on the things I’ve learnt this meet.

“To me, it seems like this long campaign of coming to more than 13 years has been leading up to me learning some very important lessons about who I am... and I think this is getting me very close to that conclusion and that outcome, so I’m very glad to be here.”

Fellow swimmer Wong Zhi Wei set a national record of 2min 26.16sec en route to placing fifth in the men’s 200m individual medley SM13 final.

Toh won Singapore’s only medal of the day, although boccia players Aloysius Gan and Nurulasyiqah Mohd Taha are guaranteed at least a silver after beating Thailand’s Ladamanee Kla-Han and Withun Chanthakhat 4-2 in the mixed pairs BC3 semi-finals. They will meet Japan in the final, which takes place on Oct 24.

Going into the final day of the quadrennial event, the Republic’s tally currently stands at five silvers and five bronzes across four para-sports – boccia, archery, cycling and swimming.

Para-sprinter James Ang missed out on the podium on Oct 23, finishing fourth in the men’s 400m T13.

Ang, who also placed fourth in the event three years ago, clocked a season’s best 52.25sec at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, 2.22sec behind Thailand’s bronze medallist Jakkarin Dammunee.

South Korea’s Jang Min-ho took gold in a world record 46.24sec, eclipsing the previous mark of 46.44 set by Algeria’s Djamil Athmani in 2024, while Japan’s Ryota Fukunaga (47.98) was second.

In para-cycling, Games debutante Amelia Tan placed fourth in the 55km women’s B road race two days after clinching the 15km women’s B time trial bronze.

As Kazakhstan’s Anastassiya Kalaus (2hr 05min 47sec) and Zhuldyz Kainarova (2:09:43) ran away with the top spots, the rest of the field splintered, leaving Tan and Thailand’s Watcharobon Boonmalert officially classified as lapped (-1 lap) in third and fourth, respectively.

Meanwhile, para-shooter Daniel Chan set his second national record of the competition with a score of 556 points to place 11th in the open 25m pistol SH1 event.

Kimberly Kwek joined The Straits Times in 2019 as a sports journalist and has since covered a wide array of sports, including golf and sailing.

10月23日，杜伟松在2026年亚洲残疾人运动会上获得第二枚银牌。

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发布于 2026 年 10 月 23 日晚上 10:18

更新于2026年10月23日晚上11:31

杜伟松在名古屋举行的 2026 年亚洲残疾人运动会上获得 50 米自由泳 S7 级银牌，以 5 枚奖牌和 12 枚 APG 奖牌的成绩结束了本次运动会。

他说比赛“很艰难”，并称赞了他的团队，同时表示他必须更加相信自己，停止追求完美。

新加坡在四个体育项目中获得了 10 枚奖牌；黄志伟创造了全国纪录，地掷球组合甘和塔哈进入了决赛。

新加坡——新加坡游泳运动员杜伟松第四次参加亚洲残疾人运动会，这次他遇到了“艰难”的挑战，考验了他的韧性。

这位 28 岁的 S7 级游泳运动员曾在 2023 年于中国举行的上一届比赛中获得三枚金牌和一枚银牌。

但这一次在日本，他未能卫冕男子 50 米自由泳、50 米蝶泳和 100 米仰泳的冠军头衔。

10 月 23 日，他在 50 米自由泳比赛中获得银牌，此前他已在比赛中获得 100 米仰泳银牌和三枚铜牌（400 米自由泳、100 米自由泳和 50 米蝶泳）。

在名古屋市综合体育馆的彩虹泳池，Toh 以 29.22 秒的成绩触壁，落后于中国选手张一龙（28.85 秒）。张一龙还赢得了 SM7 级 200 米个人混合泳冠军以及 S7 级 100 米自由泳和 50 米蝶泳冠军。

乌兹别克斯坦选手萨多·巴赫蒂约罗夫以 29.72 秒的成绩获得第三名。

虽然过程并不容易，但托赫为自己坚持完成比赛而感到自豪。

他告诉新加坡队网站：“过去几天我一直在非常非常努力地战斗，我为自己取得的成就感到非常自豪。”

“与竞争对手的较量非常艰难，我只想感谢我的团队一直陪伴着我。”

凭借在名古屋获得的五枚奖牌，东海在三届亚锦赛上共获得 12 枚奖牌，其中包括 5 枚金牌。

日本的比赛也让他明白了相信自己的重要性。

“这是我整个职业生涯中一直努力克服的问题，”托赫说道，他还在三届英联邦运动会上获得了两枚银牌和一枚铜牌。

“这种能够信任自己、不再追求完美，不再试图控制每一个变量，而是接受事情顺其自然的想法，真的让我受益匪浅。这完全是在巩固我这次比赛学到的东西。”

“对我来说，这场持续超过13年的漫长征程似乎是为了让我了解自己，并从中汲取一些非常重要的教训……我认为现在我离最终的结论和结果越来越近了，所以我很高兴来到这里。”

另一位游泳运动员黄志伟以 2 分 26.16 秒的成绩创造了全国纪录，并在男子 200 米个人混合泳 SM13 决赛中获得第五名。

托赫为新加坡赢得了当天唯一一枚奖牌，不过，地掷球选手阿洛伊修斯·甘和努鲁拉西卡·莫哈末·塔哈在混合双人BC3半决赛中以4比2击败泰国选手拉达玛尼·克拉汉和维顿·詹塔卡特，至少确保获得一枚银牌。他们将在10月24日举行的决赛中对阵日本队。

在四年一度的赛事进入最后一天之际，共和国目前在四项残疾人运动——地掷球、射箭、自行车和游泳——中获得五枚银牌和五枚铜牌。

10 月 23 日，残疾人短跑运动员 James Ang 在男子 400 米 T13 级比赛中获得第四名，与领奖台失之交臂。

Ang三年前也曾在该项目中获得第四名，他在名古屋市瑞穗公园田径场跑出了本赛季最佳成绩52.25秒，比泰国铜牌得主Jakkarin Dammunee慢了2.22秒。

韩国选手张敏浩以 46.24 秒的成绩打破世界纪录，夺得金牌，打破了阿尔及利亚选手贾米尔·阿特马尼在 2024 年创造的 46.44 秒的纪录，而日本选手福永亮太（47.98 秒）获得第二名。

在残疾人自行车项目中，首次参加奥运会的阿米莉亚·谭在获得女子15公里B级计时赛铜牌两天后，在女子55公里B级公路赛中获得第四名。

哈萨克斯坦的阿纳斯塔西娅·卡劳斯（2小时05分47秒）和朱尔迪兹·凯纳罗娃（2小时09分43秒）轻松占据前两名，其余选手则被甩开，最终谭和泰国的瓦查罗邦·汶马莱特分别被官方认定为落后一圈（-1圈），位列第三和第四。

与此同时，残疾人射击运动员丹尼尔·陈在公开组 25 米手枪 SH1 项目中以 556 分的成绩创造了本次比赛的第二项全国纪录，排名第 11 位。

金伯利·郭于 2019 年加入《海峡时报》担任体育记者，此后报道了包括高尔夫和帆船在内的各种体育项目。