Teen stuns the field in 50m freestyle with new Games record


Young star: Malaysia’s Carmen Lim celebrating after winning the women’s S8 50m freestyle at the National Aquatic Centre in Bukit Jalil. Inset: Carmen showing her gold medal after the prize presentation ceremony.

CARMEN Lim showed why she is Malaysia’s fastest one-armed female swimmer by emerging as the only gold-medal contributor on the fourth day of the Kuala Lumpur Asean Para Games swimming competition.

The sweet-looking 17-year-old retained her women’s (S8) 50m freestyle title with a new Games record at the National Aquatic Centre in Bukit Jalil yesterday.

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