PETALING JAYA: Welson Sim will be the star attraction but a few young upstarts will be out to impress as well in the Malaysia Open swimming championship in Bukit Jalil starting today. The reigning SEA Games champion Welson, who arrived home yesterday after a four-month training stint in Melbourne, Australia, should have no problems winning today’s men’s 400m freestyle race. I’ve improved a lot with more quality training sets.”Chan Jie, 23, is hoping to dip under 54-second mark in the 100m butterfly event today. My hope is to eventually break Daniel Bego’s national record of 53.33,” said the Selangor lad. Daniel set the 100m butterfly national record back in the 2009 world championships in Rome, Italy.

Source: The Star April 24, 2019 21:33 UTC