It was a photo taken with Michael Phelps that inspired Joseph Schooling to Olympic gold. Hundreds packed Singapore's Changi Airport as the 21-year-old Schooling returned from Rio de Janeiro with an Olympic gold medal around his neck on Monday. He beat his idol in the 100-meter butterfly to deliver the first ever Olympic gold medal for the city-state of 5.54 million. Related Content Rio Olympics 2016: Sprinter blames helicopter for false start Rio Olympics 2016: How Judo became the most brutal event of the Olympics Rio Olympics 2016: Usain Bolt's mum wants him to find a wife after the OlympicsPhelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, South Africa's Chad le Chlos and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary shared a three-way tie for silver. By winning his country's first Olympic gold, Schooling earned a bonus of $1 million Singapore dollars or nearly US$750,000.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 15, 2016 04:41 UTC