Swimmer Toh Wei Soong claims Singapore’s first medal at 2026 Asian Para Games

Sport Toh bagged a bronze in the men’s 400m freestyle S7. File photo of Toh Wei Soong. (File photo: Singapore Disability Sports Council) New: You can now listen to articles. This audio is generated by an AI tool. SINGAPORE: Para swimmer Toh Wei Soong became the first Singaporean to claim a medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games on Monday (Oct 19).The 28-year-old bagged a bronze in the men’s 400m freestyle S7 at the Nagoya City General Gymnasium, clocking a time of 5:24.23 in the final.The Philippines’ Ernie Gawilan won gold in a time of 4:56.72, while China’s Zhang Yilong clinched silver with a time of 5:01.36.Toh finished second in the same event at the last edition of the Games three years ago. At the Hangzhou Games, he also won the 50m freestyle S7, 50m butterfly S7 and the 100m backstroke S7.The Singaporean now has eight Games medals, having also won two golds and a bronze at the 2018 Games. He is also a two-time Paralympian and earlier this year took silver in the 50m freestyle S7 at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. A total of 20 athletes across nine sports are representing Singapore at the Oct 18 to 24 Games, with eight making their Games debuts.The athletes will compete in para archery, para athletics, para badminton, boccia, para cycling (road), para judo, para swimming, shooting para sport and para table tennis.