KUALA LUMPUR: The broad shoulders of Welson Sim will carry the hopes of Malaysian swimming at next year’s Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and Indonesia Asian Games. While it will be tough for Welson to get a Commonwealth Games medal, the 20-year-old, a double gold winner at the Kuala Lumpur Sea Games in August, has the ability to end Malaysia's Asian Games podium drought since 2002. He also won a silver (50m backstroke) and a bronze (100m backstroke) in the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games. The Gold Coast Commonwealth Games is on April 4-15 while the Indonesia Asian Games is slated for Aug 18-Sept 2. "I had a good season and from here, I want to build my momentum for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games.

Source: New Strait Times November 20, 2017 09:45 UTC