The photo book is one of three featuring Singapore’s first Olympic gold medal winner.

The other two books, authorised biographies titled Schooling Joseph and From Kid to King, are written by current and former sports journalists from The Straits Times, and published by Straits Times Press.

This is one of the many photos taken over the past year and published in the 96-page book.

At the Rio Olympics, 21-year-old Schooling defeated 22-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps, in the 100m butterfly final to capture Singapore’s first Olympic gold medal.

In a Facebook post, the reigning Olympic 100m butterfly champion wrote: “A big part of being an athlete means accepting the fact that I will always be scrutinised, in and out of the pool.”

The book is a project by the Schoolings, including parents Colin and May. The pictures were taken by experienced photojournalists Alvin Toh and Tay Kay Chin.

Joseph is based in the United States, where he is into his third year at the University of Texas in Austin.

Singaporeans who missed out on Joseph Schooling’s victory parade in August have another chance to catch the country’s first Olympic champion in the flesh from Saturday, November 20.

The University of Texas student will be back in the Republic for a week, chiefly for a Singapore Swimming Association golf fund-raiser on Tuesday, November 22.

He also has a slew of public appearances, starting with an event at Ngee Ann City on Saturday, where he will be meeting five Make-A-Wish Foundation children beneficiaries as part of a Watsons Singapore initiative.

(Text by Chua Siang Yee, Straits Times / Additional Reporting by Natalya Molok)