Sabah’s Chui Lai Kwan rewrote her national record twice to win the women’s 50m breaststroke at Hang Jebat Aquatic Centre yesterday.
CHUI Lai Kwan was in awesome form, rewriting her national record twice to win the women's 50m breaststroke at the Hang Jebat Aquatic Centre yesterday.
Lai Kwan shattered the national record of 30.77s in the heats by registering a 30.62 and improving further in the final when she clocked 30.39s for Sabah's first gold in the pool.
Chan Kah Yan of Kuala Lumpur finished second, clocking 31.08 while Loo Hei Di of Selangor finished third with 32.24. Lai Kwan led from the start while her main rival Cheng Karmen of Perak could only manage sixth place with 32.53.
The 20-year-old, who hails from Sandakan like former Asian Games champion Lim Keng Liat, said she was disappointed not to dip below 30 seconds, after breaking the national mark in the heats. "I felt very good after the heats and my target was to go below 30 seconds.
I am a little disappointed but I'm happy to have started with the national record," said Lai Kwan.
"It's a pity there will be no 50-metre backstroke in the Sea Games next year but I will be aiming to win the 100m freestyle gold.
"I won three gold medals in Terengganu and I hope to get four out of four this time.
"I haven't got the opportunity to train under Keng Liat and he has achieved so much.
I don't know whether I can emulate his feats but I will give it a try." Lai Kwan is down to compete in the 50m freestyle, an event which she won at the Korat Sea Games, and Sabah are also the team to beat in the 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley relays. Sabah secured their second gold through Lai Wei Li in the 400m individual medley with a time of 5:03.58.
Sarawak celebrated a double with Brian Derrick Lim and Erica Kong winning their respective events and setting new Games records.
Brian broke Linvern Lim's Games mark of 27.91 with a time of 27.81 in the 50m backstroke while fellow national swimmer Iam Jam Barr of KL clocked 27.92.
Johor's Tern Jian Han was third with 29.23.
Erika Kong was even more impressive as she beat Siow Yi Ting's eight-year old Games record of 1:13.54 when she clocked 1:12.45 in the women's 100m breaststroke.
KL's Christina Loh also bettered Yi Ting's mark with 1:12.89 to claim the silver while Boey Wen Teng of Pahang took bronze with 1:16.31. KL won three gold medals through Kevin Lim in the 200m freestyle, Melvin Chua in the 400m individual medley and Chan Kah Yan in the women's 200m freestyle. National swimmer Yap See Tuan produced Pahang's only gold when he won the 100m breaststroke.
Penang won the men's 3m springboard gold through Ooi Tze Liang with 397.00 points, while Muhhamd Fakhrul of KL was second (370.75) and Ahmad Amsyar Azman of Perlis (352.53) third.
Lai Kwan shattered the national record of 30.77s in the heats by registering a 30.62 and improving further in the final when she clocked 30.39s for Sabah's first gold in the pool.
Chan Kah Yan of Kuala Lumpur finished second, clocking 31.08 while Loo Hei Di of Selangor finished third with 32.24. Lai Kwan led from the start while her main rival Cheng Karmen of Perak could only manage sixth place with 32.53.
The 20-year-old, who hails from Sandakan like former Asian Games champion Lim Keng Liat, said she was disappointed not to dip below 30 seconds, after breaking the national mark in the heats. "I felt very good after the heats and my target was to go below 30 seconds.
I am a little disappointed but I'm happy to have started with the national record," said Lai Kwan.
"It's a pity there will be no 50-metre backstroke in the Sea Games next year but I will be aiming to win the 100m freestyle gold.
"I won three gold medals in Terengganu and I hope to get four out of four this time.
"I haven't got the opportunity to train under Keng Liat and he has achieved so much.
I don't know whether I can emulate his feats but I will give it a try." Lai Kwan is down to compete in the 50m freestyle, an event which she won at the Korat Sea Games, and Sabah are also the team to beat in the 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley relays. Sabah secured their second gold through Lai Wei Li in the 400m individual medley with a time of 5:03.58.
Sarawak celebrated a double with Brian Derrick Lim and Erica Kong winning their respective events and setting new Games records.
Brian broke Linvern Lim's Games mark of 27.91 with a time of 27.81 in the 50m backstroke while fellow national swimmer Iam Jam Barr of KL clocked 27.92.
Johor's Tern Jian Han was third with 29.23.
Erika Kong was even more impressive as she beat Siow Yi Ting's eight-year old Games record of 1:13.54 when she clocked 1:12.45 in the women's 100m breaststroke.
KL's Christina Loh also bettered Yi Ting's mark with 1:12.89 to claim the silver while Boey Wen Teng of Pahang took bronze with 1:16.31. KL won three gold medals through Kevin Lim in the 200m freestyle, Melvin Chua in the 400m individual medley and Chan Kah Yan in the women's 200m freestyle. National swimmer Yap See Tuan produced Pahang's only gold when he won the 100m breaststroke.
Penang won the men's 3m springboard gold through Ooi Tze Liang with 397.00 points, while Muhhamd Fakhrul of KL was second (370.75) and Ahmad Amsyar Azman of Perlis (352.53) third.
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