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CCA Previews ’26: Swimming

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By Julian Lee (Captain), Seira Yang (Captain), Reagan Cheng (Vice Captain), and Victoria Koh (Vice Captain) 

Founded in 1924, Raffles Swimming is among the oldest and most established CCAs in Raffles Institution. Some notable alumni from the Raffles Institution Swim Team (RIST) include Mr Goh Chok Tong, the former Prime Minister of Singapore between 1990 and 2004, and Ms Quah Ting Wen, Olympian and 26-time gold medallist at the Southeast Asian Games between 2007 and 2022. 

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CCA Previews ‘25: Swimming 

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By Marcus Choo (Captain), Lynette Some (Captain), Chin Xu Sheng (Vice-Captain), Liew Kate Lynn (Vice-Captain)

The Raffles Institution Swim Team (RIST) is amongst the oldest and most established CCAs in Raffles Institution. RIST consists of self-disciplined and resilient Rafflesians coming from different backgrounds that strive to give their best in the water for Raffles. 

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Double Championships: Swimming NSG 2024

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By Nurul Iman (25S03C) and M.B. Dharshni (25S03O)
Photographs courtesy of Raffles Photographic Society

There is no backstroke in teamwork, only forward motion!
In each race and each lane, only one swimmer is swimming per team.

So swimming should be classified as an individual sport, right? You would think so, but that’s not it at all!

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