Wei Tze smashes Games record en route to breaststroke gold


Gold..Sukma record Mallaca Foong Wei Tze celebrating after break Sukma record on Men 50 LC Meter Breaststroke at Tuanku Zara Aquatic Centre Ipoh..Starpix by Kamarul Ariffin /9.09.2018

FOONG Wei Tze (pic) bowed out of the Malaysia Games (Sukma) stage in stylish fashion, breaking the Games record en route to delivering a precious gold for Melaka on the third day of the swimming competition at the Tuanku Zara Aquatic Centre.

The 20-year-old, who represented the country at the Asian Games in Indonesia last month, touched home first in 28.86 in the boys’ 50m breaststroke final yesterday to shatter the previous Sukma record of 29.31 set by Selangor’s Shaun Yap in Kuching two years ago.

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