Nicolette Teo

Nicolette Teo will be swimming the breaststroke for the Singapore Olympic team in Beijing this summer. Nicolette became interested in competitive swimming at the young age of seven, when she watched legendary Singaporean swimmer Joscelin Yeo win numerous gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games. Nicolette herself qualified for the Olympics when she was just 13 years-old, and since then has competed in two Olympics. She has been a force on the UCLA swimming team for the past four years, setting the second best record in the school’s history for the 100 meters breaststroke and the third best record for the 200 meters.

Representing Singapore

I arrived in Beijing late yesterday afternoon and travelled with the main Singapore contingent. We were privileged enough to be passengers on the Airbus A380's maiden voyage from Singapore to Beijing. For those that don't know what that means, the...

Choosing sleep over opening ceremonies

Today is the day of the opening ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. 8.8.08! While participating in the opening ceremony is truly an experience of a lifetime, I have opted to sit it out because the opening ceremony is also a very long and drain...

Singapore National Day

Today is the first day of competition for swimming and it is also Singapore's National Day!! This morning, we had a small National Day celebration breakfast and I had the honor of leading our national contingent in saying our pledge. I'm not going...

'Disheartened, devastated and disappointed'

Heart broken — that is how I feel right now. My heart is bleeding now and it aches the way hearts ache after a failed relationship.   My 100 breast swim did not go how I planned it to go and I am disheartened, devastated and disappointed. T...

Things did not work out as planned

Teo is a member of the Singapore Olympic team.   It has been two whole days since I concluded my competitive outing at the Beijing Olympics and I still am unsure of what happened. My performances at these Olympics did not remotely go the wa...
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