SEA GAMES: Unique Treble In Sight

A clean sweep in women's breaststroke for Malaysia after Siow Yi Ting successfully retained her 200m race at the Jakabaring Aquatic Centre yesterday.

Siow Yi Ting is eyeing a clean sweep of the breaststroke events

   It was an easy win for Yi Ting as she pulled away to win from Salubluek Chavuninoch of Thailand by a body length after 150 metres before hitting the wall in 2:33.67 seconds. Salubluek clocked 2:35.67 ahead of Singapore's Samantha Yeo (2:37.12). Yi Ting's teammate Christina Low Yen Ling was fourth in 2:39.65.

It was Yi Ting's second gold after retaining her 100m breaststroke on Tuesday.

Yi Ting, however, was not too happy with her performance.

"I need to train harder to cut down my time in order to qualify for the Olympics. I'm not at my peak yet," said the Seremban-born swimmer.

Yi Ting's success also meant that the Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia met their target of four gold medals.

The 27-year-old and Yen Ling will be out to complete a sweep in breaststroke events in today's 50m race where the latter, who has clocked the fastest time in this region of 32.29, is the favourite.

Yi Ting's other event today is the 200m individual medley where she is the defending champion.

"I will concentrate on the 50m breaststroke as I am not too confident in the individual medley," she added.

Malaysia's quartet of Foo Jian Beng, Kevin Yeap, Vernon Lee and Lim Ching Hwang had a fantastic race in the 4x200m to take the silver medal in 7:35.99 behind Singapore (7:31.98). The Philippines edged Indonesia for the bronze, clocking 7:36.93.

The national swimmers will be hoping for a golden splash in today's final day of competition where they have a chance for gold medals in the men's 1,500 freestyle (Kevin Yeap), women's 50m breaststroke (Yen Ling) and 200m individual medley (Yi Ting).

Meanwhile, Khoo Cai Lin has withdrawn from the women's 5km race in open water swimming due to a shoulder injury.

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