MANILA, Philippines – One of the most shocking moments of the 2016 Rio Olympics took place on Friday, August 12 (Saturday morning, Manila time), when 21-year-old Singaporean Joseph Schooling won gold in the men’s 100m butterfly division of swimming by defeating 7 others, including Michael Phelps.
The American Phelps, who was gunning for his fourth gold medal in Rio and 23rd overall, came in second tied with swimmers from South Africa and Hungary.
Schooling also won the first ever gold medal for Singapore and became the first ever Southeast Asian male gold medalist in the Olympic Games.
Later on Saturday, a YouTube clip by Singapore-based company Singtel which was released in June 2015 made rounds. The clip features Aunty Yolly, a nanny who helped raised the gold medalist and, according to her, has known him for 19 years.
“He’s a very loving, caring, sweet boy,” Yolly said.
“I don’t think I could have a better second mom or nanny by my side to help me through all this,” Schooling said in the clip.
Many have assumed that Yolly is a Filipina because of her Filipino-like accent. A commenter on the clip also asked, “Is she a Filipino?” to which Jericho Sebastian, another commenter, responded, “yes, she is :)”.
Another strong case for Yolly being a Filipina is one of the posters brought by those who surprised her in the clip, which read “Maraming Salamat (Thank you very much),” a greeting in the Tagalog language.
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