A good reason to swim in the dark

The Melaka Straits Swim 2018 participants who took part in the Swim In The Dark overnight training session at University of Malaya swimming pool.

AS part of their preparation to swim across the Straits of Malacca, participants of the Melaka Straits Swim 2018 recently congregated for a 12-hour overnight camp-in that included eight hours of marathon swimming in a pool with the lights off.

The “Swim In The Dark” event took place from 6pm to 6am the next day at two venues simultaneously – the University of Malaya pool in Kuala Lumpur and the Relau Sports Complex pool in Penang.