I did it: Pahang’s Yap See Tuan celebrating after winning the gold medal in the 50m breastroke. 
A POOR start dashed national swimmer Yap See Tuan hopes to improve on his national record in the men’s 50m breaststroke at the Hang Jebat Aquatic Centre yesterday.
The Pahang swimmer broke the Sukma record in the heats by clocking 30.28, erasing the previous mark of 30.94 he set in Terengganu two years ago.
He went faster in the final, clocking 30.00 but it fell short of his national record of 29.80 he set in the President’s Cup championships in Seremban last December. Johor’s Edmund Ooi clocked 30.91 for the silver while Selangor’s Lau Zheng Fong took the bronze in 31.20.
“My mission in the Games was to break the national record. I was in good form but I lost the chance because of a poor start in the final,” said the 21-year-old See Tuan.
“I was only in third place at the start and I had to swim as fast as I could to win the race. I have a problem making a proper jump into the pool since I underwent surgery on my left shoulder in 2008. I am unhappy even though I broke the Games record twice today.
See Tuan, who competed in the Laos SEA Games last December, is down to compete in the 200m breaststroke today.
Three more Games records fell yesterday. Fifteen-year-old Christina Loh of the Federal Territories broke the women’s 50m breaststroke record by almost a second.
The Form Three student of Aminuddin Baki Secondary School clocked 33.55 to erase the previous record of 34.43 set by Raja Azlina Izzah of Terengganu in 2008. Pahang’s Boey Wen Teng clocked 34.34 to bag the silver. Another FT swimmer, Tan Rou Jun, won the bronze in 34.77.
Sarawakian Hii Siew Siew broke the women’s 200m butterfly record with a time of 2:20.66, erasing the 10-year-old mark of 2:20.70 set by Sia Wai Yen of FT in Penang in 2000. Chong Siew Mun of FT (2:22.91) and Angela Chieng of Sarawak (2:28.32) bagged the silver and bronze respectively.
The last record of the day was broken by Selangor’s Lim Ching Hwang, Teh Wei Pin, Yip Kin Seng and Foo Jian Beng in the men’s 4x100m freestyle. They clocked 3:34.96 to wipe out a 14-year-old record of 3:38.76 set by Perak in Kuantan in 1996.
The Pahang swimmer broke the Sukma record in the heats by clocking 30.28, erasing the previous mark of 30.94 he set in Terengganu two years ago.
He went faster in the final, clocking 30.00 but it fell short of his national record of 29.80 he set in the President’s Cup championships in Seremban last December. Johor’s Edmund Ooi clocked 30.91 for the silver while Selangor’s Lau Zheng Fong took the bronze in 31.20.
“My mission in the Games was to break the national record. I was in good form but I lost the chance because of a poor start in the final,” said the 21-year-old See Tuan.
“I was only in third place at the start and I had to swim as fast as I could to win the race. I have a problem making a proper jump into the pool since I underwent surgery on my left shoulder in 2008. I am unhappy even though I broke the Games record twice today.
See Tuan, who competed in the Laos SEA Games last December, is down to compete in the 200m breaststroke today.
Three more Games records fell yesterday. Fifteen-year-old Christina Loh of the Federal Territories broke the women’s 50m breaststroke record by almost a second.
The Form Three student of Aminuddin Baki Secondary School clocked 33.55 to erase the previous record of 34.43 set by Raja Azlina Izzah of Terengganu in 2008. Pahang’s Boey Wen Teng clocked 34.34 to bag the silver. Another FT swimmer, Tan Rou Jun, won the bronze in 34.77.
Sarawakian Hii Siew Siew broke the women’s 200m butterfly record with a time of 2:20.66, erasing the 10-year-old mark of 2:20.70 set by Sia Wai Yen of FT in Penang in 2000. Chong Siew Mun of FT (2:22.91) and Angela Chieng of Sarawak (2:28.32) bagged the silver and bronze respectively.
The last record of the day was broken by Selangor’s Lim Ching Hwang, Teh Wei Pin, Yip Kin Seng and Foo Jian Beng in the men’s 4x100m freestyle. They clocked 3:34.96 to wipe out a 14-year-old record of 3:38.76 set by Perak in Kuantan in 1996.
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