Hoe Yean affirms status as Malaysia’s top swimmer


Calm before the storm: Khiew Hoe Yean posing for a photograph ahead of the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian swimmer Khiew Hoe Yean will bring home sweet memories from his second trip to Budapest after a record-breaking start to his World Aquatics Championships campaign.

The 20-year-old clocked a superb 3:48.72 to finish second in Heat 2 of the men’s 400m freestyle event at the National Aquatics Complex behind South Korea’s Kim Woo-min (3:45.87) yesterday.

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