Despite being an internationally competed category, the 800m freestyle is frequently left out of Opens across the globe. Even the Malaysia Open a few months back did not feature the category.
In fact, the 800m freestyle is not Kevin's pet event. He usually swims in the 1500m freestyle. His timing of 15:52.84s at the Malaysia Open was split and the 800m mark time was taken.
Kevin had broken the Malaysia Open meet record with that timing.
As for the World Championship, Kevin is hoping to come out tops — but only among the Southeast Asia countries.
"We have good freestyle swimmers in our region. I hope I can record my personal best as well," said Kevin.
The national swimmer was realistic of his chances as even in Asia he trails swimmers from China, Korea and Japan.
Kevin missed out on the last World Championship but did represent Malaysia in Melbourne in 2007.
"I was only 18 then. The exposure I got was great. I learned a lot from just seeing how some of the world's best swim," said the Perak lad.
He admitted to changing his techniques in hope he could swim faster. Kevin is excited participate at the highest stage again and said he has not felt the nerves yet.
"I'm just getting on with my daily routine," said Kevin.
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