In the Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay, Singapore’s quartet of Arren Quek, Pang Sheng Jun, Rainer Ng and Clement Lim made the cut for this evening's final, with a time of 3 minutes 28.66 seconds. Clement had an astouding anchor leg split of 50.55 seconds.
After two days of competition, Singapore’s swimmers have yet to make an impact at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) after failing to qualify for the final of any event. The host’s latest disappointment from the pool comes as Asian Youth Games (AYG) and South-East Asian (SEA) Games gold-medallist Amanda Lim finished sixth in her 100 metres Freestyle semi-final.
17-year-old Amanda Lim did the nation proud by progressing to the semi-finals of the Youth Women's 100m Freestyle event, coming in a respectable 12th overall in a field of 54 hopefuls. She clocked a timing of 58.03s, just 1.99s off Australia's Emma McKeon, the leading qualifier.
Amanda Lim was the sole Singapore swimmer who secured a spot in the evening semi-finals when she placed 12th in the women's 100 metres Freestyle heats in the Youth Olympic Games swimming competition.
While Singapore's best youth athletes are battling for Olympic glory at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG), the nation's first Paralympics champion, Yip Pin Xiu, has bagged a gold medal at the 2010 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Singapore’s Cheryl Lim and Rainer Ng failed to qualify for the finals in the Women’s 50m breaststroke and Men’s 100m backstroke respectively.
The team, represented by Clement Lim, Arren Quek, Amanda Lim and Adeline Winata were placed 12th overall and did not qualify for tonight's final.
Cheryl clocked a time of 33.82 seconds in the women's 50 metre Breaststroke to finish 16th fastest overall, while Rainer was eighth quickest in the men's 100m Backstroke with his time of 57.50.