The 20-year-old swimmer shattered the previous record of 1:2.34 set by Ng Jing Fu of Selangor in 2019. Goh clocked 1:02.30 but the time was not enough for the Selangor athlete to win the gold as he settled for bronze behind Ronan Zuberg Wantenaar of Namibia (1:02.10) and India’s Likith Selvaraj Prema (1:02.21).

After securing silver in the men’s 200m breaststroke yesterday, Goh was delighted to break the national record today and attributed his success to the new national swimming coach from Canada, Eric Anderson, who joined the team in February.

“The funny thing is when I was warming up, I told my friend that I felt something good was coming and it turned out to be a new national record, so I think my hard work paid off.

“I was in state training before, but I came back to the national camp over five weeks ago, and I could see a lot of improvement when I trained under Erik. He is a great coach and I look forward to working alongside him in the future,” he told reporters after the race.

In another event, Terengganu swimmer Arvin Shaun Singh Chahal took the men’s 200m freestyle in 1:49.39, ahead of Kuala Lumpur’s Jayden Tan (1:50.76) and Muhammad Dhuha Zulfikry (1:51.69).

Thea Blomsterberg of Denmark set a meet record of 1:08.35 to clinch the women’s 100m breaststroke gold, erasing the record of 1:08.65 held by national swimmer Phee Jinq En.

Jinq En of Selangor won silver with 1:09.42 while Tan Rouxin from Johor earned the bronze (1:13.07).

The four-day meet which kicked off yesterday will conclude on Sunday.