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  "id": 643533,
  "title": "Singapore wins first ever Olympic gold in 2016 – SCMP archive",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/singapore-wins-first-ever-olympic-gold-in-2016-scmp-archive",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T06:30:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3363720/singapore-wins-first-ever-olympic-gold-2016-scmp-archive"
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  "summary": "This article was first published on August 14, 2016. Lion City celebrates first golden hero by James Porteous Singapore exploded into celebration as it feted a new sporting hero yesterday (August 13, 2016) after swimmer Joseph Schooling did the improbable – beat his one-time idol Michael Phelps – to win the Lion City’s first ever gold medal. Schooling completed a wire-to-wire victory to deny…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}