ze following is for ze two friends who go gaga at mark chay: (copy and pasted...dun blame me if it's in pieces 'cos some sections are not suitable for thy innocent eyes)
Born 18 February 1982, 20-year-old Mark Chay, is arguably Singapore’s best male swimmer in competitive swimming. Blessed with a cherub’s face and a perpetual cheeky grin, Mark Chay cuts a swoon-some figure with his stunningly wide shoulders, swimmer’s bod (baby-fats notwithstanding) and well filled-up trunks.
The young swimmer’s achievements in the pool are indeed impressive by regional standards. Mark represented Singapore at the SEA Games in Jakarta (1997), Brunei (1999) and recently in Kuala Lumpur (2001) where he won a total medal tally of 3 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze. He also represented Singapore in the Olympic Games in Sydney last year and was named the Singapore Sportsboy of the Year 2000 and Singapore Sportsman of the Year 2002.
When informed that he had been awarded the Sportsman of the Year 2002 award, the well-mannered hunk was extremely modest and quickly defused any speculations that he would soon eclipse the achievements of his mentor Ang Peng Siong with these words: “Definitely Uncle Siong has always been the standard of Singapore sporting excellence. He’s the benchmark. His achievements are inspiring. I am flattered that I am associated with him. But it is tough to be his successor.”
One of the first elite athletes to come under the Singapore Sports Council’s new Athlete Career and Training programme, Mark will have his total development (including career and education) mapped out for at least four to five years and will spend the next five years of his life studying and training in the United States.