Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that he felt so proud to ask for a selfie with Olympic champion Joseph Isaac Schooling today.

"Met Joseph Isaac Schooling and his parents, before the Parliamentary motion. Usually people ask me for selfies, but today I felt so proud to ask Joseph for one!" Lee Hsien Loong said on Facebook.

The first ever gold medalist from the tiny island nation won the 100m butterfly men's event at Rio Olympics, beating the US legend Michael Phelps.

The 21-year-old is a Singapore born, US based swimmer, who has a number of Asian and South East Asian records under his belt. He won the 100m butterfly event at Rio with a new Olympic record.