In an age when goggles were unheard of, his swim trunks were sewn by his mother, and there were no monetary or endorsement incentives for getting a gold medal, an 18-year-old Tan Eng Liang trained seven days a week to be selected for the Singapore water polo team bound for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. “I knew … Continue reading “Without God, I would’ve just been your average Mr Nice Guy”: Olympian and ex-MP Dr Tan Eng Liang