PETALING JAYA: Youngster Jayden Tan made waves by emerging as Malaysia’s only swimmer to qualify for an individual final at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
The 22-year-old Jayden clocked a season-best 4:25.64s to finish fourth in his 400m individual medley heat and secure a spot in the top-eight final.
His time shaved 0.34s off his previous season best of 4:25.98s, which he set at the Thailand SEA Games last December.
New Zealand’s Lewis Clareburt, the 2024 world champion in this event, was fastest with 4:16.49s ahead of Australian William Petric, who posted 4:16.54s.
Max Litchfield of England was third fastest in the heats with a time of 4:16.82s.
Para swimmer Abdul Halim Mohamad also completed his campaign in Glasgow after finishing sixth in the men’s SB9 100m breaststroke final on Monday.
Sabahan Halim, who bagged five gold medals at the Asean Para Games in January this year, clocked 1:16.41s in the final.
Gold was won by Australian Beau Matthews 1:09.41 with silver going to Joshua Willmer of New Zealand (1:11.44s).
Another Australian Timothy Hodge took the bronze with a time of 1:12.74s.
Swimming comes to an end today with Hoe Yean the last Malaysian in the fray.
The multiple SEA Games winner will swim the men’s 1500 freestyle event on the final day of competition.
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