PETALING JAYA: Young breaststroker Isabelle Chiyi Buckley (pic) has outshone Paris Olympian swimmer Tan Rouzin for the second time in the SEA Age-Group swimming championships in Bangkok.
The 15-year-old splashed to her second gold for Malaysia in the girls’ Under-15 100m breaststroke event in 1:12.52s yesterday, breaking former SEA Games gold medallist Christina Loh’s 14-year-old meet record of 1:12.90s set back in 2010.
Thailand’s Natthakitta Leekitchakorn (1:12.53) and Vietnam’s Thuy Hien Nguyen (1:13.38) took silver and bronze respectively.
Isabelle had also smashed the meet record in winning the 50m breaststroke race on Friday.
Isabelle, of English-Malaysian parentage, clocked 32.72s in the final, eclipsing Thailand’s Nisha Kijkanakorn’s 2018 record of 33.27s.
Natthakitta (33.32s) settled for silver while Thuy Hien (33.39s) took bronze.
Isabelle made a golden debut for Federal Territories by winning the women’s 50m breaststroke title in the Malaysia Games (Sukma) in Sarawak a few months ago.
Rouxin, who made her Olympic debut for Malaysia in August, managed a silver in 1:13.29s in the girls’ Under-18 100m breaststroke event.
Thailand’s Chanittra Rodsom (1:12.64s) won the gold while compatriot Wanichaya Tangtanasub (1:14.40s) got the bronze.
Rouxin had also settled for silver with 33.35s behind the Thai swimmer in the 50m breaststroke final on Friday.
In the girls’ Under-13 category, Yuet Ting Aw joined the record-breaking spree in the 100m breaststroke, posting 1:13.34s to smash Ginn Samantha Louisa Yeo’s 2010 record of 1:13.71s.
Thailand’s Pimchanok Chinveeraphan (1:14.03s) and Areeya Phuangthong (1:16.28s) completed the podium.
Ting Aw also secured her second gold of the meet by winning the 50m breaststroke title with a record-breaking 33.46s.
She surpassed the 33.96s mark set by Singapore’s Roanne Ru in 2004.
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