Jayden and Cheng Feng rule their pet events at SEA Championships

Selangor’s Jayden Goh Li Jie in action in the boys’ 4x100m medley final event with teammates Teoh Kar Chuan-Andrew Goh Zheng Yen-Loke Yew Jien during the Malaysia Games (Sukma) at Pandelela Rinong Aquatic Centre in Kuching yesterday. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Jayden Goh Li Jie and Loo Cheng Feng raised the flag for Malaysia on the first day of swimming competition at the South-East Asia (SEA) Championships, winning their respective pet events at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in Singapore yesterday.

Malaysia Games (Sukma) gold medallist Li Jie stormed to victory in the boys’ 16-18 100m butterfly with a time of 55.64s, edging Thailand’s Wongsakorn Patsamarn (55.71s) and the Philippines’ Albert Jose Amaro (55.72s).