Singapore’s teen sensation a major threat to breaststroke ace Andrew


Calm before the storm: (from left) Andrew Goh, Khiew Hoe Yean and coach Zhang Bo heading back to the hotel after a training session at the Morodok Techo National Stadium.

SINGAPORE will unleash teen swimmer Nicholas Mahabir in the pool and that can spell trouble for Malaysia’s gold medal hope Andrew Goh in the breaststroke discipline.

The 17-year-old Nicholas looks set to sweep the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke races if he can shake off the pre-competition jitters as a Games debutant.

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