BANGKOK: National swimmer Arvin Shaun Singh got himself a great birthday present by bagging bronze in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay event at the Thailand SEA Games yesterday.
Arvin, who turns 25 today, joined Khiew Hoe Yean, Lim Yin Chuen, and Terence Ng in clocking a time of 3:20.87s at the Huamark Aquatics Centre to give Malaysia another medal in Thailand.
“I really can’t complain, a medal is a medal,” said Arvin.
“We came here expecting a medal because at the previous edition we got one in this event. So of course, it’s great to add another one.
At the 2023 edition in Cambodia, the Malaysian team finished with a silver medal.
In Bangkok, Singapore clocked a new meet record of 3:16.65s, beating the previous record of 3:16.82s to win gold, while Vietnam came in second with 3:20.01s.
During the race, the Malaysian team had trailed in fourth place but Arvin said the team knew they could catch up.
“We’re all confident individuals. We knew our strengths and we used them pretty well,” he said.
Meanwhile, the national women’s 4x200m freestyle relay team finished in sixth place yesterday with their time of 8:44.18s.
Thailand clinched gold with 8:10.10s, while Philippines came in second with 8:11.55s, followed by Vietnam in third with 8:14.22s.
In the men’s 200m breaststroke event, Malaysia’s Andrew Goh also came in sixth, clocking 2:20.58s. Vietnam’s Pham Thanh Bao clinched gold with 2:12.81s, ahead of Singapore’s Chan Chun Ho with 2:14.82s and Maximillian Ang with 2:15.56s.
It was also a sixth place finish for Bryan Leong in the men’s 50m butterfly event. He set a time of 24.55s.
Singapore took gold and silver with Teong Tzen Wei in first with 23.24s, followed by compatriot Quah Zheng Wen with 23.57s. Philippines’ Logan Noguchi came in third with his time of 23.97s.
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