Eliza Tan breaks the national record twice to win the SUKMA 2026 women’s 100m freestyle gold for Selangor
SHAH ALAM: Eliza Tan Ai Shen broke the national record twice en route to winning the women’s 100-metre (m) freestyle gold medal in the 2026 Selangor Malaysia Games (SUKMA) at the Darul Ehsan Aquatics Centre here today.
Selangor’s Eliza, swimming in Lane 4, clocked 56.78 seconds (s) in the final to emerge victorious, leaving Perak’s Nadia Lim (57.67s) and Melaka’s Yeow Lynna Yi Jing (58.52s) to settle for silver and bronze, respectively.
Eliza had earlier clocked 57.03s in the heats to erase the previous national mark of 57.11s set by Nadia at the Asian Age-Group Aquatics Championships in Bangkok in July.
The achievement also saw Eliza become the first swimmer to break a national record at SUKMA 2026, before going even faster just a few hours later in the final.
It was Eliza’s second gold at SUKMA 2026 after winning the women’s 200m freestyle event in 2:05.26s yesterday, which saw her beating Nadia (2:06.79s) and Melaka’s Lynna Yeow (2:08.20s).
