KUALA LUMPUR: National freestyle ace Welson Sim splashed his way to a fourth gold medal at the Malaysian Open by winning the 1,500m – but he wasn’t celebrating. His timing was almost 40 seconds off his personal best of 15:29.76 set at the New South Wales Swimming Champion­ships last month. It could have won me the gold medal,” lamented Welson. Welson won the 200m race in 1:47.48, just shy of the national record of 1:47.36 and in the 400m, he set a new meet record of 3:50.32 which was just a second off the national record of 3:49.29. World swimming governing body FINA have set the A qualifying standards at 1:47.02 for the 200m and 3:46.78 for the 400m.

Source: The Star April 28, 2019 23:15 UTC