NATIONAL swimmer Kevin Yeap Soon Choy picked up Perak’s first gold medal in swimming and smashed the Sukma record in the men’s 400m freestyle at the Hang Jebat Aquatic Centre yesterday.
The 21-year-old, a silver medallist at the Laos SEA Games last year, clocked 4:02.11 to erase the meet record of 4:02.82 set by Sarawakian Dieung Manggan in 2002 in Kota Kinabalu.
Sarawak’s Vernon Lee won the silver in 4:08.35 and Joshua Lee Leam Yoong of the Federal Territories took bronze in 4:11.88.
“I could have done better but I was not feeling too good,” said Kevin, who is also the favourite to pick up the gold in the 1,500m freestyle today.
At the Malaysian Open last month, Kevin won a double for Perak – winning both the 400m and 1,500m freestyle races. He has also won both the two events in Sukma since the 2006 edition in Alor Setar.
The Federal Territories men’s 4x200m freestyle team of Ian James Barr, Kevin Lim Kar Meng, Melvin Chua Bao Quan and Joshu Lee Leam Yoong set the second meet record of the day. They won the gold in 7:54.20, erasing the old mark of 7:57.81 set by Sarawak in 2008.
Sarawak picked up the silver in 8:04.22 while Sabah took the bronze in 8:12.46.
With one day more of competition to go, FT lead the medal standings in swimming with a haul of 13-12-6 ahead of Sabah (7-4-8) and Sarawak (4-5-3).
In diving, Perak topped the standings on 2-2-2 followed by Sarawak (2-1-2) and Penang (2-1-0).
The 21-year-old, a silver medallist at the Laos SEA Games last year, clocked 4:02.11 to erase the meet record of 4:02.82 set by Sarawakian Dieung Manggan in 2002 in Kota Kinabalu.
Sarawak’s Vernon Lee won the silver in 4:08.35 and Joshua Lee Leam Yoong of the Federal Territories took bronze in 4:11.88.
“I could have done better but I was not feeling too good,” said Kevin, who is also the favourite to pick up the gold in the 1,500m freestyle today.
At the Malaysian Open last month, Kevin won a double for Perak – winning both the 400m and 1,500m freestyle races. He has also won both the two events in Sukma since the 2006 edition in Alor Setar.
The Federal Territories men’s 4x200m freestyle team of Ian James Barr, Kevin Lim Kar Meng, Melvin Chua Bao Quan and Joshu Lee Leam Yoong set the second meet record of the day. They won the gold in 7:54.20, erasing the old mark of 7:57.81 set by Sarawak in 2008.
Sarawak picked up the silver in 8:04.22 while Sabah took the bronze in 8:12.46.
With one day more of competition to go, FT lead the medal standings in swimming with a haul of 13-12-6 ahead of Sabah (7-4-8) and Sarawak (4-5-3).
In diving, Perak topped the standings on 2-2-2 followed by Sarawak (2-1-2) and Penang (2-1-0).
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