SEA Games: S’pore swimmers haul in 3 more gold
Singapore’s swimmers bagged three more gold medals at the SEA Games in Indonesia on Tuesday. Joseph Schooling clinched the men’s 200m butterfly title in one minute 56.67 seconds, a new SEA Games record and meeting the Olympic ‘A’ qualification time. His team-mate Quah Zheng Wen took the silver in two minutes 00:24 seconds.
Thailand took the bronze in two minutes 01:44 seconds. Singapore’s second swimming gold of the evening was won by Amanda Lim who touched home first in the women’s 50m freestyle sprint in 25.77 seconds. Her teammate Mylene Ong was second in 25:89 seconds. Indonesia settled for the bronze in 26:23 seconds.
Lim starred again in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team, which won Singapore’s third swimming gold of the evening. The quartet clocked three minutes 48:38 seconds to clinch the title. Thailand got the silver in three minutes 51:76 seconds while Malaysia took home the bronze in three minutes 53:27 seconds.