Young gun Cheng Feng outclasses big names for gold


SHAH ALAM: Fifteen-year-old Loo Cheng Feng announced himself in style at his Malaysia Games (Sukma) debut, upsetting a stacked field to sprint to the men’s 100m freestyle gold at Akuatik Selangor yesterday.

The Penang youngster stunned the more established names, including teammate and 21-year-old Tong Yu Jing, a Thailand SEA Games bronze medallist last year, to claim the biggest title of his career.

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