Kah Yan Tutup Tirai Dengan Tujuh Emas

Chan Kah Yan ceria mempamerkan tujuh pingat emas dan dua perak yang dimenanginya dalam pelbagai acara renang pada Sukan Malaysia di Pusat Akuatik Hang Jebat, Krubong, semalam.

MELAKA - Perenang kebangsaan, Chan Kah Yan menutup tirai kejohanan renang Sukan Malaysia (Sukma) XIII dengan cemerlang selepas berjaya mengutip emas ketujuhnya di temasya ini dengan meraih dua lagi emas di Pusat Akuatik Hang Jebat, di sini, semalam.

Layak untuk bergelar ratu renang, Kah Yan yang mewakili Wilayah Persekutuan melengkapkan koleksi pingat emasnya pada hari terakhir kejohanan itu menerusi acara 100m kuak lentang individu wanita dan 4x100m rampaian berganti wanita.

Lebih manis, kejayaan itu turut membuatkan perenang berusia 18 tahun itu muncul sebagai atlet wanita yang memungut emas tertinggi berserta dua perak pada Sukma edisi ke-13 setakat ini.

Kah Yan sebelum ini meraih emas menerusi acara 100m gaya bebas, 200m gaya bebas, 200m kuak lentang, 200m rampaian individu, 800m gaya bebas daripada 11 acara yang disertainya.

Menurut perenang yang hanya meraih satu emas dan enam perak pada Sukma Terengganu 2008, dia amat terkejut dengan pencapaiannya itu selain gembira dapat memperbaiki prestasi dirinya.

''Ini memang satu kejutan yang besar buat saya dan saya amat gembira selepas mampu membuat kemunculan semula yang baik selepas memberi tumpuan terhadap peperiksaan SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) tahun lalu," katanya.

Dia yang mencatat masa 1:05.83s untuk meraih emas dalam acara 100m kuak lentang meninggalkan Loo Hei Di dari Selangor (1:08.30s) yang membawa pulang perak ketika Cheng Karmen dari Perak pula sekadar berpuas hati dengan gangsa (1:09.31s).

Sementara itu, perenang elit kebangsaan dari Perak, Kevin Yeap Soon menyaksikan kehebatannya selepas berjaya meraih emas dalam acara 1500m gaya bebas individu lelaki (15:59.08s) sekali gus memecahkan rekodnya sendiri (16:07.71s) di Sukma Terengganu dua tahun lalu.

Di samping itu, seorang lagi perenang elit kebangsaan Ian James Barr dari Wilayah Persekutuan mengungguli acara 100m kuak lentang individu lelaki untuk merangkul emas dengan catatan masa 59.55s.

Ian sekali lagi berjaya mengutip emas keduanya semalam menerusi acara 4X100m rampaian berganti lelaki hasil gandingan mantap kuartet yang turut dibarisi Melvin Chua, Kevin Lim dan Joshua Lee dengan merakamkan masa 3:58.72s.

Dalam acara 50m gaya bebas individu wanita pula, Chui Lai Kwan (Sabah) mencatatkan masa 26.56s untuk meraih emas, manakala Foo Jian Beng (Selangor) mengakhiri saingan 50m gaya bebas individu lelaki dengan mencatat 23.68s bagi tempat pertama.

Kevin Breaks Games Record To Win 400m Freestyle Gold

NATIONAL swimmer Kevin Yeap Soon Choy picked up Perak’s first gold medal in swimming and smashed the Sukma record in the men’s 400m freestyle at the Hang Jebat Aquatic Centre yesterday.

The 21-year-old, a silver medallist at the Laos SEA Games last year, clocked 4:02.11 to erase the meet record of 4:02.82 set by Sarawakian Dieung Manggan in 2002 in Kota Kinabalu.

Sarawak’s Vernon Lee won the silver in 4:08.35 and Joshua Lee Leam Yoong of the Federal Territories took bronze in 4:11.88.

“I could have done better but I was not feeling too good,” said Kevin, who is also the favourite to pick up the gold in the 1,500m freestyle today.

At the Malaysian Open last month, Kevin won a double for Perak – winning both the 400m and 1,500m freestyle races. He has also won both the two events in Sukma since the 2006 edition in Alor Setar.

The Federal Territories men’s 4x200m freestyle team of Ian James Barr, Kevin Lim Kar Meng, Melvin Chua Bao Quan and Joshu Lee Leam Yoong set the second meet record of the day. They won the gold in 7:54.20, erasing the old mark of 7:57.81 set by Sarawak in 2008.

Sarawak picked up the silver in 8:04.22 while Sabah took the bronze in 8:12.46.

With one day more of competition to go, FT lead the medal standings in swimming with a haul of 13-12-6 ahead of Sabah (7-4-8) and Sarawak (4-5-3).

In diving, Perak topped the standings on 2-2-2 followed by Sarawak (2-1-2) and Penang (2-1-0).

SUKMA: Kevin Yeap Catat Rekod Baru Renang 400m Gaya Bebas

Kevin Yeap, Perenang Dari Perak Catat Rekod Kejohanan 400m Gaya Bebas SUKMA. Foto: Dusa Abas

MELAKA, 15 Jun (Bernama) -- Perenang jarak jauh kebangsaan Kevin Yeap merangkul pingat emas dan mencatatkan rekod baru Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA) dalam acara 400m gaya bebas lelaki di Pusat Akuatik Hang Jebat di sini Selasa.

Perenang dari Perak itu yang berpusat di Bukit Jalil dan akan genap usia 21 tahun Ogos ini, mencatatkan 4 minit 2.11 saat bagi memadamkan rekod lama 4:02.82s yang dilakukan oleh peserta Sarawak, Dieung Manggan semasa SUKMA Sabah lapan tahun lepas.

Wakil Sarawak Vernon Lee terpaksa berpuas hati di tempat kedua dengan catatan 4:08.35s dan gangsa diraih oleh Joshua Lee dari Wilayah Persekutuan dengan masa 4:11.88s.

"Sebenarnya, memang sasaran saya untuk memecahkan rekod dalam acara ini. Catatan terbaik saya ialah 4 minit dan saya cuba mencatatkan masa yang lebih rendah malangnya saya gagal berbuat demikian. Namun begitu, saya gembira dapat memecahkan rekod di sini," kata Kevin.

Kevin berkata beliau mencatatkan masa terbaiknya 4:00.31s bulan lepas semasa Kejohanan Renang Terbuka Malaysia kali ke-53 di Pusat Akuatik Nasional di Bukit Jalil.

"Saya akan cuba memecah rekod saya sendiri dalam acara 1,500m gaya bebas iaitu acara kegemaran saya esok," kata Kevin, yang berharap untuk menjadi perenang pertama memenangi emas berganda dalam acara 400m dan 1,500m gaya bebas dalam SUKMA tiga kali berturut-turut.

Katanya ketika muncul buat kali pertama dalam Sukma Negeri Sembilan pada 2004, beliau hanya berjaya memenangi pingat gangsa dalam kedua-dua acara.

Selain Kevin, kuartet dari Wilayah Persekutuan yang beraksi dalam acara 4x200m gaya bebas lelaki berganti-ganti mencuri tumpuan apabila mereka turut mencatatkan rekod baru kejohanan.

Kuartet itu terdiri daripada Ian James Barr, Kevin Lim, Melvin Chua dan Joshua Lee mencatatkan 7:54.20s bagi memadamkan rekod sebelum ini 7:57.81s yang dilakukan dua tahun lepas oleh perenang dari Sarawak.

-- BERNAMA

Swimming: Cai Lin Checks In For World Meet

Arnaz M. Khairul arnaz@nstp.com.my

KHOO CAI LIN became the first Malaysian to qualify for the next World Championships after winning the women's 800m freestyle in record time at the Malaysian Open Swimming Championships in Bukit Jalil yesterday.

The Selangor swimmer clocked eight minute 49.04 seconds to better the previous meet record of 8:48.53s set in 2002 by China's Zheng Jing and qualified on merit for next year's World Championships in Shanghai. The win meant Cai Lin closed accounts in the Malaysian Open with a perfect sweep of distance freestyle events, having earlier won the 200m and 400m freestyle. The record time boosted Cai Lin's confidence as she prepares for the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games later this year. "I tried to beat the qualifying times (for the World Championships) in the 400m freestyle yesterday (Saturday) but failed.

So, I'm happy I managed to do it on the last day of competition," said Cai Lin, 21. "I'm mixing training and studies at the moment, but I'll put in more hours in training towards the middle of the year as I have to get ready for the Commonwealth games and Asian Games." In the men's section, Selangor's Foo Jian Beng completed the double of sprint events when he added the 50m freestyle victory to the 100m freestyle he won on Saturday. Jian Beng clocked 23.83s to beat Hong Kong's Nathaniel Lai to the board.

RESULTS -- Men -- 50m freestyle: 1 Foo Jian Beng (Sel) 23.83s, 2 Nathaniel Lai (HK) 24.32s, 3 Soroush Khajagi (Irn) 24.42s; 100m butterfly: 1 Rainer Ng (Sin) 57.39s, 2 Cheng Ka Chun (HK) 57.50s, 3 Kevin Lim (KL) 57.60s; 200m backstroke: 1 Rainer Ng (Sin) 2:06.88s, 2 Ian James Barr (KL) 2:07.47s, 3 Melvin Chua (KL) 2:08.29s; 4x100m medley: 1 Singapore 3:54.55s (meet record), 2 Hong Kong 3:55.07s, 3 Iran 4:01.38s. WOMEN -- 50m freestyle: 1 Chui Lai Kwan (Sab) 26.71s, 2 Chan Kah Yan (KL) 27.17s, 3 Khoo Cai Lin (Sel) 27.56s; 800m freestyle: 1 Khoo Cai Lin (Sel) 8:48.53s (meet rec), 2 Cheng Yuen Yue (HK) 9:27.98s, 3 Sandra Ho (HK) 9:28.90s; 100m butterfly: 1 Wong Yee Ching (HK) 1:03.91s, 2 Chan Ka Ka (HK) 1:04.91s, 3 Hii Siew Siew (Swk) 1:05.68s; 200m backstroke: 1 Shana Lim (Sin) 2:20.31s, 2 Andrea Wan (HK) 2:25.18s, 3 Chan Kah Yan (KL) 2:27.41s; 4x100m medley: 1 Hong Kong 4:24.52s (meet rec), 2 Kuala Lumpur 4:34.43s, 3 Sabah 4:37.05s.

Perak swimmer Kevin Betters Own Meet Record In Malaysian Open

By LIM TEIK HUAT

Long-distance specialist: Perak’s Kevin Yeap en route to winning the men’s 1,500m freestyle at the Malaysian Open on Friday. — MOHD SAHAR MISNI / The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Perak long-distance swimmer Kevin Yeap primed up for a double golden assault at next month’s Malaysia Games (Sukma) in Malacca with a record-breaking effort in the Malaysian Open swimming championships at the National Aquatic Centre in Bukit Jalil yesterday.

The Bukit Jalil-based swimmer, who will turn 21 in August, bettered his own meet record en route to winning the men’s 1,500m freestyle well ahead of Iran’s Saman Salari.
Kevin finished the 30-lap race in 15:55.64 to erase his previous record of 16:02.02 set two years ago.

It was not his fastest effort, though, as he had clocked 15:51.80 en route to taking the silver medal at the Laos SEA Games in December.

Still, it was good enough for him to emerge as the only record breaker of the day and Kevin himself was satisfied to be in good shape as he gears up for the Sukma from June 10-19.
Kevin is hoping to be the first swimmer to win double gold medals in the 400m and 1,500m freestyle for the third consecutive Sukma.

“I will be out to retain my 400m and 1,500m freestyle gold medals.

“Hopefully, I can pull it off with new records as this will be my last Sukma,” said Kevin, who will be making his fourth appearance at the biennial Games.

“I did not go all out as the priority is to peak at Sukma.”

Kevin will bid to pick up his second gold in the Malaysian Open when he competes in the 400m freestyle today.

Laos Games gold medallist Khoo Cai Lin breezed to victory in the women’s 200m individual medley and 200m freestyle races.

She posted 2:23.07 to finish ahead of Hong Kong’s Wong Yee Ching (2:25.11) and Sarah Ho (2:26.36) in the 200m individual medley.

The Selangor-born Cai Lin then won the 200m freestyle in 2:04.62, ahead of Kuala Lumpur’s Chan Kah Yan (2:08.96) and Hong Kong’s Cheng Yuen Yee (2:10.21).

Fifteen-year-old Christina Loh, representing Kuala Lumpur, claimed her first gold medal in the Malaysian Open when she clocked 34.28 in the women’s 50m breaststroke.

It was outside her national record of 33.42 set in March but enough to put her in front of Hong Kong’s Li Cheng (35.20) and Pahang’s Boey Wen Teng (35.81).

Kuala Lumpur had another winner in Melvin Chua, who won the men’s 200m individual medley in 2:10.12, pipping team-mate Ian James Barr (2:11.01).

MEN
50m breaststroke: 1. Fu Chun Pong (Hkg) 29.79, 2. Kwok Sum (Hkg) 30.18, 3. Joel Tan (Sin) 30.28.
200m individual medley: 1. Melvin Chua (Kul) 2:10.12, 2. Ian James Barr (Kul) 2:11.01, 3. Cheng Ka Chun (Hkg) 2:15.41.
200m freestyle: 1. Rainer Ng (Sin) 1:55.31, 2. Kevin Lim (Kul) 1:56.53, 3. Mattias Ng (Sin) 1:59.64.
1,500m freestyle: 1. Kevin Yeap (Prk) 15:55.64 meet rec, 2. Saman Salari (Iri) 16:29.30, 3. Keith Sin (Hkg) 17:05.76.
4x200m freestyle: 1. Hong Kong 8:00.81, 2. Iran 8:08.35, 3. Kuala Lumpur 8:12.43.

WOMEN

50m breaststroke: 1. Christina Loh (Kul) 34.28, 2. Li Cheng (Hkg) 35.20, 3. Boey Wen Teng (Pah) 35.81.
200m individual medley: 1. Khoo Cai Lin (Sel) 2:23.07, 2. Wong Yee Ching (Hkg) 2:25.11, 3. Sarah Ho (Hkg) 2:26.36.
200m freestyle: 1. Khoo Cai Lin (Sel) 2:04.62, 2. Chan Kah Yan (Kul) 2:08.96, 3. Cheng Yuen Yee (Hkg) 2:10.21.
4x200m freestyle: 1. Hong Kong 8:50.33, 2. Sabah 8:58.86, 3. Kuala Lumpur 9:18.43.

Tight Schedule Is A Dampener

Siow Yi Ting and

Daniel Bego

Asean University Games Results

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FINAL medal tally and results from the Asean University Games.

FINAL MEDALS TALLY
G S B Ttl
MALAYSIA 90 79 47 216
VIETNAM 45 28 23 96
THAILAND 32 29 59 120
INDONESIA 28 52 48 128
SINGAPORE 18 16 39 73
PHILIPPINES 8 12 21 41
LAOS 1 2 3 6
TIMOR-LESTE 0 1 9 10
BRUNEI 0 0 2 2
CAMBODIA 0 0 1 1

THE MALAYSIAN GOLD MEDALLISTS

ARCHERY (5)
Men’s recurve individual: Izzudin Abdul Rahim
Men’s recurve team
Women’s compound individual: Saritha Cham Nong
Women’s compound team
Mixed recurve team

·ATHLETICS (9)
Men’s shot putt: Husin Adi Alifudin
Men’s pole vault: Mohd Hafizuddin
Shahadan
Men’s hammer: Abdul Halim Yatim
Men’s 110m hurdles: Robani Hassan
Women’s 100m: Siti Fatimah Mohamad
Women’s hammer: Tan Song Hwa
Women’s shot putt: Asrenny Asik
Women’s high jump: Wong Boon Syian
Women’s pole vault: Roslinda Samsu

·BADMINTON (7)
Men’s team
Women’s team
Men’s singles: Mohd Arif Abdul Latif
Men’s doubles: Mohd Razif Latif-Tan Wee Kiong
Women’s singles: Julia Wong
Women’s doubles: Amelia Anscelly-Woon Khe Wei
Mixed doubles: Tan Wee Kiong-Woon Khe Wei

·BEACH VOLLEYBALL (1)

Women: Luk Tek Hua-Beh Shun Ting

·BOWLING (2)
Men’s singles: Mohd Syafiq Ridhwan
Women’s Masters: Zatil Iman

·HOCKEY (1)
Men’s team

·KARATE (7)
Men’s individual kata: Cheah Boon Chong
Men’s team kumite
Men’s kumite below 60kg: L. Kunasilan
Men’s kumite below 75kg: Mohd Hatta
Men’s kumite below 80kg: V. Jayaseelan
Men’s kumite above 80kg: P. Pavitern
Women’s team kata

·LAWN BOWLS (7)
Men’s singles: Mohd Nur Shahrin Jamaluddin
Men’s pairs: Mohd Nur Shahrin Jamaluddin-Mohd Hizir
Mohd Hilmi
Men’s triples
Men’s overall
Women’s singles: Nor Iryani Azmi
Women’s fours
Women’s overall

·NETBALL (1)

·SILAT (5)
Men’s ganda: Mohd Azahar Che Abdullah-Mohd Faizul-Sarif
Men’s Class A: Mohd Asuha Sacdan
Men’s Class E: Hafifi Hafiez Habibilah
Women’s ganda: Sakilah Sapar-Salihah Sapar
Women’s Class C: Wan Nurul Hidayu Wan Abdul Razak

·RUGBY SEVENS (2)
Team
League

·SHOOTING (13)
Men’s 50m pistol individual: Ahmad Zafri Ahmad Zamil
Men’s 50m pistol team
Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol individual: Hafiz Adzha
Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol team
Men’s 50m rifle prone individual: Ahmad Aqqad Yahya Ariff
Men’s 50m rifle prone team
Men’s 25m standard pistol individual: Ahmad Zafri Ahmad
Zamil
Men’s 25m standard pistol team
Men’s 10m air pistol individual: Mohd Syawal Othman
Women’s 50m rifle prone team
Women’s 50m rifle three-position team
Women’s 25m pistol individual: Wahidah Ismail
Women’s 25m pistol team

·SQUASH (3)
Men: Mohd Nafiizwan Mohd Adnan
Women: Lim Yoke Wah
Mixed team

·SWIMMING (23)
Men’s 100m freestyle: Daniel Bego (pic)
Men’s 200m freesytle: Daniel Bego
Men’s 400m freestyle: Daniel Bego
Men’s 100m butterfly: Daniel Bego
Men’s 200m butterfly: Daniel Bego
Men’s 1500m freestyle: Kevin Yeap
Men’s 200m backstroke: Melvin Chua
Men’s 200m individual medley: Melvin
Chua
Men’s 400m individual medley: Melvin
Chua
Men’s 4x100m freestyle
Men’s 4x200m freestyle
Women’s 50m freestyle: Chui Lai Kwan
Women’s 50m breaststroke: Rachel Lim
Women’s 100m breaststroke: Rachel Lim
Women’s 100m freestyle: Khoo Cai Lin
Women’s 200m freestyle: Khoo Cai Lin
Women’s 400m freestyle: Khoo Cai Lin
Women’s 800m freestyle: Khoo Cai Lin
Women’s 50m butterfly: Marellyn Liew
Women’s 100m butterfly: Marellyn Liew
Women’s 100m backstroke: Chui Lai Kwan
Women’s 4x100m freestyle
Women’s 4x100m medley

·TABLE TENNIS (2)
Women’s team
Women’s singles: Ng Sock Khim

·TAEKWONDO (2)
Women’s flyweight: Elaine Teo
Women’s bantamweight: Nurul Nadia Mahamat

Lima Emas Dari Kolam Renang

CAI LIN (kiri) dan Daniel bersama pingat emas yang dimenangi mereka pada hari pertama acara renang yang berlangsung di Pusat Akuatik Nasional, Bukit Jalil semalam.

PUSAT Akuatik Nasional di Bukit Jalil menjadi lubuk emas kepada skuad renang negara.
Semalam, lima pingat emas berjaya dibawa pulang pada saingan hari pertama acara tersebut yang menawarkan 10 pingat emas.

Perenang negara turut mencipta kejutan dengan mencatatkan tiga rekod baru Sukan Universiti Asean (SUA) XIV.

Pingat emas pertama diraih oleh Khoo Cai Lin menerusi acara 100 meter gaya bebas wanita dengan catatan 58.16 saat.

Cai Lin turut memperbaharui rekod lama 59.08s yang dilakukan oleh atlet Thailand, Paritchat Wongpila pada temasya yang sama di Hanoi, Vietnam dua tahun lalu.

Selain itu, Daniel Bego turut memecah rekod kejohanan menerusi acara 100m gaya bebas lelaki setelah mencatatkan masa 51:.97s.

Raja renang negara itu, memperbaharui rekod yang dicatatkan oleh atlet Filipina, Kendrick Lim Uy (53:29s) pada SUA Hanoi, Vietnam 2006.

Atlet kelahiran Sarawak itu, turut meraih meraih pingat emas kedua bagi acara 200m kuak kupu-kupu lelaki setelah mencatatkan masa 2 minit 04.47s.

Rachel Lim Leik turut mencipta kejutan apabila memecah rekod kejohanan sekali gus meraih pingat emas untuk negara menerusi acara 100m kuak dada wanita setelah mencatatkan masa 1:17.87s.

Lim Leik memperbaharui rekod lama 1:17.44s yang dilakukan oleh Tassamol Petchsangroj dari Thailand dua tahun lalu.

Turut menyumbangkan pingat emas negara ialah Melvin Chua menerusi acara 400m rampaian individu lelaki dengan catatan masa 4:38.63s.

Selain itu, atlet renang negara turut meraih pingat gangsa menerusi Kevin Yeap bagi acara kuak lentang dengan catatan masa 29:.26s.

Pingat perak kedua dimenangi Marellyn Liew bagi acara 200m kuak kupu-kupu wanita setelah mencatatkan masa 2:27.19s.

Untuk rekod, kontinjen renang negara mensasarkan 18 pingat emas daripada 38 pingat emas yang ditawarkan.

Cai Lin berkata kejayaan meraih pingat emas pertama itu akan menjadi pencetus semangat bagi merealisasikan impiannya memburu empat pingat emas pada kejohanan kali ini.
Menurutnya, dia berpuas hati dengan catatan yang dilakukan meskipun gagal memperbaharui rekod peribadi 59:15s yang dilakukan pada Kejohanan Renang Kebangsaan di Bukit Jalil baru-baru ini.

"Saingan hari ini (semalam) adalah sebagai permulaan untuk beraksi lebih cemerlang esok (hari ini). Berdasarkan pencapaian tadi, saya harap dapat merealisasikan misi saya untuk memburu empat pingat emas," katanya.