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Simply sensational: Selangor quartet (from left) Daniel Scott Williams, Eliza Tan, Shannon Tan and Cayden Gooi posing with their gold medals. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

SHAH ALAM: Selangor’s Eliza Tan is prepared to raise the bar for Malaysian swimming after breaking the national record twice in one day at the Malaysia Games (Sukma) in Selangor.

The 19-year-old, born to Australian and Malaysian parents, splashed to gold with a blistering time of 56.78s in the 100m freestyle final at Akuatik Selangor.

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