Hope brightens for Welson to enter three events in Rio afterall

Welson Sim celebrates after winning the the men 200m freestyle event during the Malaysian Open Swimming Championships at the Shah Alam Aquatic Centre, May 6, 2015. GLENN GUAN/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Welson Sim brightened his hopes of swimming in a third Olympic event after improving on his B time in the men’s 1,500m freestyle.

The 19-year-old clocked a personal best 15:32.67 to finish seventh in the final leg of the Mare Nostrum Tour in Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday. The B Olympic qualifying time for 1,500m is 15:46.79 and Welson posted 15:35.63 at the Malaysian Open last month.