Jayden provides splashing start by pipping Omar to 400m gold


Yes, I did it: Jayden Tan celebrates after winning the men’s 400m freestyle race in he Malaysian Open swimming championships in Bukit Jalil. – AZLINA ABDULLAH/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Youngster Jayden Tan provided the biggest splash for Federal Territories when he claimed the men’s 400m freestyle gold medal on the first day of the Malaysian Open swimming championships at the National Aquatic Centre in Bukit Jalil yesterday.

The 20-year-old rose to the occasion to keep the men’s 400m freestyle title in Malaysian hands after Olympian Welson Sim and Vietnam SEA Games gold medallist Khiew Hoe Yean decided to scratch from the middle distance freestyle event.

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