PETALING JAYA: National swimmer Phee Jinq En showed she has not lost her touch after placing a strong fourth in her pet 100m breaststroke event in the recent Combined Speedo Invitational in Elkhart, Indiana. It was the first competition in more than a year for the Tokyo Olympics hopeful and she clocked 1:09.11, which was just 0.03 outside the Olympic B qualifying mark of 1:09.08. The double SEA Games gold medallist’s best hope to make the Tokyo Olympics cut lies in the 100m breaststroke event. The A cut for the 100m breaststroke is 1:07.07 which guarantees a spot in the Olympics while the B time is 1:09.08. Jinq En already dipped under the Olympic B qualifying mark when she clocked a national record time of 1:08.50 in winning the 100m breaststroke event at the 2019 Philippines SEA Games.

Source: The Star April 24, 2021 23:37 UTC