MELAKA: Sarawak swimmer Hii Siew Siew stole the limelight at Aquatics Centre, Hang Jebat Sports Complex yesterday when she won the women’s 200m butterfly in a new record time of 02:20.66.
ANOTHER BRONZE: (From left) Esther Yii, Grace Yii, Erika Kong and Siew Siew. • Photo by Davidson Kho
Coming in second in 02:20.91 was Chong Siew Mun of Kuala Lumpur while another Sarawakian Angela Chieng took the bronze with a time of 02:28.32.
The old meet record of 02:20.70 was held by Sia Wai Yen of Kuala Lumpur set in 2000.
Sarawak won another bronze in the women’s 4×100m freestyle relay when they clocked 04:07.29 behind the gold medallists from Sabah whose time was 03:59.33 while Kuala Lumpur finished second in 04:05.80.
Sarawak were represented by Erika Kong, Siew Siew, Esther Yii and her sister Grace Yii.
With yesterday’s gold from Siew Siew, the state swimmers have so far won three golds and achieved their medal target.
Amateur Swimming Association of Sarawak (Asas) secretary Paul Lim said it was an extraordinary achievement as he did expect the golds to come together with the meet records.
On Saturday, Erika and Brian Derrick Lim brought a golden cheer to the Sarawak contingent when they won in their respective events – women’s 100m breaststroke and men’s 50m backstroke.
Erika clocked 01:12.45 to erase the old record time of 01:13.54 created by Siow Yi Ting in 2002 while Brian registered a new time of 27.81 in the men’s 50m backstroke to erase the old mark of 27.91 set by Linvern Lim of Sabah in 2004.
“I am happy that we have reached our three-gold medal target but disappointed that we lost the gold in the men’s 50m butterfly yesterday,” he said.
According to Lim, Brian failed to win the gold because he paused at the start as he thought it was a false start.
As a result, he lost precious seconds and missed the gold by 0.16s.
Lim said Brian had previously recorded the best time in the event and there was no one near that mark.
“We are hoping to reap more golds through Erika and Brian in the women’s 200m breaststroke and men’s 100m butterfly tomorrow,” said Lim.
Eight more golds are on offer on the fourth day of swimming competition today.
The events are men’s 100m butterfly, men’s 200m breaststroke, men’s 400m freestyle, men’s 4×200m freestyle relay, women’s 100m butterfly, women’s 200m breaststroke, women’s 400m freestyle and women’s 4×200m freestyle relay.
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