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

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Swimmer Toh Wei Soong claimed Singapore's first medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games on Monday (19 Oct), bagging bronze in the men's 400m freestyle with a time of 5:24.23. The Philippines’ Ernie Gawilan clinched gold with a time of 4:56.72 and China's Zhang Yilong clocked 5:01.36 to clinch silver. Toh is slated to feature in five events at the Games and will next compete in the 100m freestyle S7 final on Tuesday. 20 athletes across 9 sports are representing Singapore at this year's Games, which run from Oct 18 to 24. Read more: https://cna.asia/4zAMBCD #aichinagoya2026   #mediacorpasiangames #asianparagames  #asiangames2026 Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia