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Rapturous return for Tao Li

She was mobbed by dozens of her ecstatic schoolmates at Terminal 3. -ST

Mon, Aug 18, 2008
The Straits Times

By Terence Voon

ASIA's fastest 100m butterfly swimmer returned to Singapore to a rapturous welcome at Changi Airport on Monday morning.

Tao Li, who became the first Singaporean to qualify for an Olympic swimming final, was mobbed by dozens of her ecstatic schoolmates from the Singapore Sports School at Terminal 3.

Also present was Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan, who commended the teenager's achievements in the pool.

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