The Malaysian swimming contingent competing in the 9th ASEAN Para Games added another two gold medals on the third day of swimming competitions at the National Aquatic Centre in Bukit Jalil, here today.
Defending champion Fredden Dawan splashed his way to a new games record in the men's 100m S10 Freestyle with a time of 4 minutes 48.35 seconds, erasing his own mark of 4:55.99 while James Wong was equally impressive in the men's 100m S8 Butterfly, as he too set a new games record after touching the finish line in 1:12.94s.
Fredden beat Steven Luang from Indonesia who trailed 13.24s behind while P. Suphat from Thailand took the bronze.
Meanwhile, James Wong's time was 6.92s faster than Ernie Gawlan from the Philippines while Vietnam's Nguyen Quang Vuong clocked 1:23.63s for the bronze.
Malaysia also won two silver medals through Julius Jaranding and men's 4x100m S14 quartet while Mohamad Adib Iqbal Abdullah contributed a bronze in the men's 100m S14 Breastroke.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Wed Sep 20 2017
Fredden (pix) beat Steven Luang from Indonesia who trailed 13.24s behind while P. Suphat from Thailand took the bronze. --fotoBERNAMA
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