HANOI: After three silver medals, young national swimmer Khiew Hoe Yean finally got his hands on a gold today when he won the 200m freestyle final at the My Dinh Aquatic Centre.
The Kuala Lumpur-born swimmer clocked 1:47.81s as Singapore’s Quah Zheng Wen (1:48.20s) took silver and Vietnam’s Hoang Quy Phuoc (1:49.35s) settled for bronze.
Another national swimmer, Welson Sim finished sixth in 1:50.63s.
This is Hoe Yean’s first SEA Games gold medal after nearly pulling off a surprise win in men’s 200m backstrokeon Monday, where he was beaten by Vietnam’s Nguyen Tran Hung.
Hoe Yean’s three silver medals in Hanoi came in 400m freestyle, 200m backstroke and 4x200m freestyle relay.
In the 4x200m freestyle relay yesterday, he and three others – Welson, Lim Yin Chuen and Arvin Shaun Singh Chahal – set a national record of 7:19.75s.
The swimming competition at the 31st SEA Games concludes tomorrow.