FT swimmers out to make big splash in debuts


Malaysian Sebastian Soon gestures as he won the boys 1500 LC meter freestyle finals event during the 10th ASEAN School Games 2018 in Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan, Shah Alam yesterday. He clocked 16:09.87. IZZRAFIQ ALIAS / The Star. July 25, 2018.

SEBASTIAN Soon (pic) and Steve Khiew are all pumped up to make a big splash for Federal Territories in their Malaysia Games (Sukma) debuts in the swimming competition starting in Ipoh today.

Only 16, Sebastian is looking promising to upset the form book in the boys’ 400m individual medley for FT following his record breaking performance at the Asean Schools Games in Kuala Lumpur in July.

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