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).
Cheng Feng delivered the second gold in the boys’ 14-15 50m freestyle, clocking 24.10s to narrowly beat Thailand’s Suphakphong Nuntapiyawan (24.15s) and Tanapat Pinsanoa (24.22s).
The Malaysia team also raked in six silver and six bronze medals.
In the boys’ 16-18 400m freestyle, Mohd Dhuha Zulfikry took silver with a time of 3:57.99s, finishing behind Vietnam’s Tran Van Nguyen Quoc (3:56.80).
Isabelle Chiyi Buckley secured the silver in the girls’ 16-18 50m breaststroke with a time of 33.00s behind Vietnam’s Nguyen Thuy Hien, who set a new meet record of 32.24s, erasing Malaysian Christina Loh’s mark of 32.31s that have stood since 2011.
Aw Yuet Ting picked up two medals in the girls’ 14-15 age group, taking silver in the 50m breaststroke (33.90s) and bronze in the 200m individual medley (2:24.90s).
Vivian Tee won silver in the girls’ 14-15 100m backstroke (1:04.90s), finishing behind Indonesia’s Chantika Aulia (1:03.98s).
The mixed 18 and under 400m freestyle relay team, comprising Li Jie, Nadia Lim, Tan Rui Nee and Cheng Feng, bagged silver in 3:42.67s.
In the boys’ 13 and under category, Sheamus Chew contributed two medals — silver in the 200m individual medley and bronze in the 100m backstroke.
The other bronze medals came from the boys’ 800m freestyle relay team, Joshua Lim (boys’ 14-15 100m butterfly), Megan Ho (girls’ 14-15 100m butterfly) and Iriel Lim (boys’ 13 and under 50m freestyle).
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