Another gold, another record for Welson


Welson Sim (centre) has won three golds, all in record time, at the MSSM swimming championships in Shah Alam as of Wednesday. - Filepic

SHAH ALAM: Sarawak’s Welson Sim continued his record-breaking act en route to winning his third gold medal in the MSSM (national schools) swimming championships at the Darul Ehsan Aquatic Centre.

The 17-year-old broke his own meet record of 52.94 in the boys’ 16-18 100m freestyle, clocking 51.88 on Wednesday.

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