Record breaker Fu Kang going places


KUALA LUMPUR: Wong Fu Kang stole the limelight on the opening day of the Malaysian Open swimming championships by smashing Elvin Chia’s 15-year-old national record in the men’s 100m breaststroke.

The 17-year-old Johor swimmer clocked 1:02.56 at the Bukit Jalil Aquatic Centre to beat Elvin’s mark of 1:02.59 set in 2000.

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