Marellyn Liew may have earned two silver medals on the opening day of swimming but she was one disappointed athlete.
The 22-year-old arrived in Palembang with an aim to qualify for next year's London Olympic Games but failed to achieve her target en route to finishing second in the women's 100m butterfly and 4x100m medley.
"I will quit if I don't get to compete at next year's Olympics. I've been trying so hard and even trained in China before the Sea Games but today (yesterday), I did not make it," Marellyn at the Jakabaring Aquatic Centre.
"I am not very happy with my achievements today (yesterday). I've got two more events (50m and 200m butterfly) left and hopefully, I can clock faster times to qualify for the Olympics."
Marellyn won her third successive Sea Games silver in the 100m butterfly by clocking 1:01.92 seconds, behind Singapore's China-born Tao Li, who swam a near perfect race to post 58.84 to break her own Games record by 0.40s.
The Olympic qualifying mark under Category B is 1:00.70s.
In the relay event, Marellyn swam the third leg to help Malaysia, also comprising Khoo Cai Lin, Chan Kah Yan and Leung Chii Lin, retain their silver with a time of 4:15.02s. Singapore successfully defended their title with a super-fast 4:11.27 while Thailand took bronze with 4:16.61.
Joseph Schooling, whose mother is Malaysian, underlined his credentials in the Games by winning the men's 50m butterfly (24.06s), followed by Indonesia's Victor Sutanto (24.20) and Vietnam's Quy Phuoc Hoang (24.66).
The 15-year-old used to be based in Perak, where he won under-age competitions before moving to Singapore.
Malaysia's Foo Jian Beng, who trained in the United States just before the Games, failed to make his mark, finishing seventh with 25.94 in the event. Cai Lin just missed out on the medals in the women's 200m freestyle, by finishing fourth (2:04.54).
Singapore dominated proceedings, winning four gold followed by Thailand with two in six events.
"I will quit if I don't get to compete at next year's Olympics. I've been trying so hard and even trained in China before the Sea Games but today (yesterday), I did not make it," Marellyn at the Jakabaring Aquatic Centre.
"I am not very happy with my achievements today (yesterday). I've got two more events (50m and 200m butterfly) left and hopefully, I can clock faster times to qualify for the Olympics."
Marellyn won her third successive Sea Games silver in the 100m butterfly by clocking 1:01.92 seconds, behind Singapore's China-born Tao Li, who swam a near perfect race to post 58.84 to break her own Games record by 0.40s.
The Olympic qualifying mark under Category B is 1:00.70s.
In the relay event, Marellyn swam the third leg to help Malaysia, also comprising Khoo Cai Lin, Chan Kah Yan and Leung Chii Lin, retain their silver with a time of 4:15.02s. Singapore successfully defended their title with a super-fast 4:11.27 while Thailand took bronze with 4:16.61.
Joseph Schooling, whose mother is Malaysian, underlined his credentials in the Games by winning the men's 50m butterfly (24.06s), followed by Indonesia's Victor Sutanto (24.20) and Vietnam's Quy Phuoc Hoang (24.66).
The 15-year-old used to be based in Perak, where he won under-age competitions before moving to Singapore.
Malaysia's Foo Jian Beng, who trained in the United States just before the Games, failed to make his mark, finishing seventh with 25.94 in the event. Cai Lin just missed out on the medals in the women's 200m freestyle, by finishing fourth (2:04.54).
Singapore dominated proceedings, winning four gold followed by Thailand with two in six events.
Read more: SEA GAMES: Marellyn sees no silver lining - Other - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/sports/other/sea-games-marellyn-sees-no-silver-lining-1.5204#ixzz1de1SUWFN
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