SEA Games: Hoe Yean bags first swimming gold for Malaysia

PHNOM PENH – National swimmer Khiew Hoe Yean has won the first gold medal for the Malaysian swim team in the 200m men’s freestyle final at the Morodok Techo National Aquatic Centre here tonight.

The 20-year-old swimmer defended the gold medal he won at the South East Asian (SEA) Games in Hanoi, Vietnam last year with a time of 1m 48.91s, ahead of Thailand’s Dulywat Kaewsriyong (1m 49.29s) and Vietnam’s Nguyen Huy Hoang (1m 49.31s). 

The other Malaysian swimmer in the final Arvin Shaun Singh Chahal, finished last with a time of 1m 52.24s. 

Meanwhile, national swimmer Phee Jing En had to be contented with a silver medal in the 100m women’s breaststroke after finishing with a time of 1m 9.6s, behind defending champion Letitia Sim of Singapore, who set a new championship record of 1:07.94s in the finals today. 

Fellow Singaporean Christie Chue picked up the bronze with a time of 1m 10.94s. – Bernama, May 9, 2023