Swimmer Siew Hui’s got bigger fish to catch


Filepic of Selangor and national swimmer Yap Siew Hui in competition in 2013.

SHAH ALAM: Hosts Selangor will be counting on Yap Siew Hui for glory in the girls’ Under-18 category of the MSSM (national schools swimming) championships here on Sunday – but she has bigger goals to chase.

With this year’s SEA Games in Singapore being brought forward to June from the customary year end, the Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (Asum) have been forced to move the Malaysian Open swimming meet to an earlier date to accommodate swimmers trying to qualify on merit.

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