Hoe Yean completes freestyle double with second SEA Games gold


Sheer power: National swim ace Khiew Hoe Yean wins his second gold at SEA Games. - GLENN GUAN/The Star

BANGKOK: National swim ace Khiew Hoe Yean continued his splashing show at the SEA Games in Thailand by clinching his second gold medal in the pool.

The 23-year-old etched his name into the record books by becoming the first swimmer since Welson Sim to complete the 200m-400m freestyle double, after storming to victory in the 400m freestyle final in 3:50.63s at the Huamak Aquatic Centre on Monday (Dec 15).

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