HANOI: Swimmer Quah Ting Wen was midway via altering for her occasion when she heard the announcement for the ladies’s 200m butterfly finals.
Her youthful sister was competing and she or he needed to assist her it doesn’t matter what.
“I just ran out. I had to watch it because the 200m fly is special to my sister and it was really good to see her break the 2min 10sec mark and the SEA Games record,” she informed reporters.
“So (it was) a great adrenaline rush before my event.”
But on a dramatic first day of the swimming competition on the My Dinh Water Sports Palace in Hanoi, it was the Quah siblings, not simply Jing Wen, who stole the present as they mixed for 4 golds for Singapore.
Competing in her solely occasion of the day, older sister Ting Wen would efficiently defend her 100m freestyle title. She is unbeaten on this occasion in 4 editions of the Games for the reason that 2015 SEA Games in Singapore.
Thailand’s Jenjira Srisa-Ard completed second (56.62), whereas Miranda Christina Renner took third (56.95).
Zheng Wen would later additionally win gold in the100m backstroke, with a time of 54.83.
However, he was denied one other in the 4x100m freestyle relay when the quartet of Quah, Joseph Schooling, Mikkel Lee, and Jonathan Tan would end first however be later disqualified as a result of what nationwide head coach Gary Tan would later describe as a “technicality”.
CNA understands that the disqualification was as a result of a touch early take-off from one of the swimmers on the workforce.
Vietnam would take gold, Indonesia the silver and Thailand bronze within the occasion.
Jing Wen, the youngest of the three, claimed two golds within the 200m butterfly and 200m individual medley occasions.
In a commanding swim within the 200m butterfly, she took the victory with a brand new SEA Games file of 2:09.52. The time can also be a brand new nationwide file and private finest for her.
“I just wanted to go out there and show the world what I can do because my training has always been pretty good. And I feel like it doesn’t really translate to racing as much until I guess about now,” she stated.
“I feel like I still can go faster and the world still hasn’t seen the best of me yet.”
Vietnam’s Le Thi My Tao claimed silver (2:14.20), whereas Thailand’s Kamonchanok Kwanmuang (2:14.35) took bronze.
The 22-year-old Quah additionally gained the occasion in 2019 and 2017.
Jing Wen then would go on to carry off a problem from compatriot Letitia Sim later within the night time to win the 200m individual medley. This is her first Games gold within the occasion.
When requested about her siblings, she famous that their assist has at all times spurred her on.
Said Jing Wen: “Being able to do this sport with my family, my siblings like my brother and sister …. It’s just really special and not something that a lot of people can experience,” she stated. “And I’m just so appreciative of that.”
Source : channelnewsasia.com
