They state you always remember how to ride a bike, however does the very same use to swimming?
In Benjamin Kheng’s case, the singer-songwriter took like a fish to water in his surprise look on The Star Athlete, a brand-new Mediacorp range reveal that functions stars handling obstacles in various sports.
While the swimming sector in episode 3 consisted of nationwide professional athletes– Pang Sheng Jun and siblings Quah Ting Wen and Jing Wen– Benjamin was barely out of location as he was as soon as amongst their ranks too.
He is best understood as an artist, the 32-year-old utilized to be a nationwide youth swimmer. He presented himself as Pang’s senior on The Star Athlete, and the latter confessed that he utilized to look up to Benjamin.
Benjamin shared a clip from the program on his Instagram the other day (March 15) however stayed simple, composing: “Real ones understand my kind was dreadful, and everybody understands my Mandarin is too.
He included Chinese: “But I’m practicing hard, remain tuned!”
On The Star Athlete, Benjamin signed up with Qi Yuwu’s group as an entrant, and left opposing group leader Lee Teng discouraged.
“You see, my heart sank into the void,” Lee Teng stated, after seeing Benjamin swim. “He’s incredible, he swims butterfly design. It’s going to be a tough day.”
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Not just did Benjamin get the attention of the stars in the range program, he likewise got the seal of approval from Olympic gold medallist Joseph Schooling in the remark area.
The nationwide swimmer considered Benjamin’s “side breath action” as the top essential emphasize of the clip, prior to making a jab at Pang’s Mandarin abilities.
Participating in the ribbing, Benjamin responded about his strategy: “Had to offer @pangshengjun the side eye.”
Benjamin began swimming when he was 6 and participated in the Singapore Sports School prior to he “understood that my enthusiasms lay elsewhere”. He went back to competitive swimming after a 15-year hiatus, signing up with the Masters (over 25) classification in 2021.
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One discuss the other day’s Instagram post concurred that his kind was not up to requirement, reading: “Oh no, that dive” with a skull emoji.
Benjamin, in his defence, composed: “It’s the just one I’ve ever discovered.”
“You’re too modest. You eliminated it,” another remark disagreed.
Star Joshua Tan had a various top priority completely, commenting: “Those speedos!”
Viewpoints on Benjamin’s capability to speak Mandarin were a variety too, varying from “okay” and “quite good” to calling it a “battle bus”, however the vocalist absolutely understands how to satirize himself about it.
In January, Benjamin teamed up with fellow singer-songwriter Annette Lee and launched an ode to the Singaporean Chinese identity, entitled We Are …
In it, the duo explained themselves as: “We require hanyu pinyin to check out Chinese characters– that kind of Chinese.”
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