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| Quick reflexes: Welson Sim in action during the men’s 4x100m freestyle at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Centre yesterday. |
THIS is for you, coach.
Welson Sim anchored the Malaysian relay quartet to a new national record in the men’s 4x100m freestyle event at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Centre last night as a gift for outgoing national coach Paul Birmingham.
The quartet of Chan Jie, Foong Wei Tze, Keith Lim and Welson powered their way to finish sixth place in a time of 3:21.06 in the final.
Chan Jie, Keith, Lim Ching Hwang and Welson set the previous national mark of 3:21.79 at the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games last year.
“We wanted to do something for our coach (Paul Birmingham).
“I was confident we can bring down the national record tonight as we were just one second off the mark.
“I am happy to achieve something here,” said Welson, who is from Sarawak.
It was the second national record for Welson.
He clocked 8:12.46 to improve on his personal best of 8:12.74 in the 800m freestyle – a non-Olympic event – on Monday.
Rio Olympic swimmer Phee Jinq En will take to the lanes to aim to qualify for the women’s 50m breaststroke final today.
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/swimming/2018/08/23/malaysian-relay-quartet-set-new-national-record/#dzDYUrmvLEjcYztb.99
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