The most thrilling event of the final day of the 13th Singapore National Swimming Chapionship — the Men’s 50-metre freestyle race — was taken by dark horse Teong Tzen Wei. The 19-year-old swam a speedy 22.90s which was just enough to pip gold medal favourite, Indonesia’s Triady Fazuy, to the wall by 0.05 seconds. Fauzy had to settle for the silver with 22.95s and Darren Lim took the bronze with a time of 23.04s.
The 13th Singapore National Swimming Championships turned out to be quite a standout meet for the Quah siblings as Ting Wen, Zheng Wen and Jing Wen amassed a total of six golds, five silvers, one bronze, a national record, a national U-17 record and four meet records between them.
After settling for two silvers the previous night, Quah Zheng Wen made a statement in the morning heats of the 13th Singapore National Swimming Championships by re-writing the Men’s 20o-metre Backstroke national record. He broke his own record by 0.1 seconds with his 2:00.45 effort.
Roanne Ho left the competition in her wake the second she dove in for the Women’s 50-metre Breaststroke. It was a dominating swim by the athlete and she touched the wall first, just 0.2s off her personal best, in a time of 31.66s. She was the only swimmer to have gone under the 32-second mark as the second and third placed finishers, Vanessa Evato of Indonesia and Christie Chue, could only manage a 32.16s and a 32.89s respectively.
The second day of the 13th Singapore National Swimming Championships saw the Quah sisters blitz the field again, this time in the Women’s 100-metre Freestyle. Younger sibling, Quah Jing Wen, managed to net another victory against her older sister, Ting Wen.
A star-studded line-up in the Men’s 100-metre Freestyle was the highlight of the second day of the 13th Singapore National Swimming Championship, with sprint specialist Darren Lim going up against the multi-talented Quah Zheng Wen as well as Indonesia’s fastest man, Triady Fauzy. Among the trio, Lim eventually took home the gold medal in a winning time of 49.93s.
Out of the five men’s races held on the first day of the 13th Singapore National Swimming Championships, three of them had their records re-written.
Ressa Kaniadewi of Indonesia might have taken home the gold medal in the Women’s 200-metre Freestyle with a time of 2:02.74, but all eyes were on sisters Quah Ting Wen and Quah Jing Wen who battled it out and left it all in the pool.
