KUALA LUMPUR: Hosts Malaysia will be flashing big smiles from their golden start when they march into the National Stadium for the opening of the 29th SEA Games tomorrow night. He was the 400m freestyle title holder and a bronze medallist in the 10km open water event last held in the Palembang Games in 2011. I want to retire after this and I thank my family, my coach and everyone who supported me. It was a tough race, I gave the best that I could even though I was tired. Two-time Olympian Heidi Gan clocked 2’11:02s leaving Thailand’s Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn and Singapore’s Chantal Liew Li Shan trailing for the silver and bronze respectively.-- BERNAMA

Source: New Strait Times August 18, 2017 10:18 UTC