KUALA LUMPUR: National swimmer Welson Sim’s (pic) four month training stint in Melbourne, Australia, has done him a world of good. The 22-year-old did not disappoint at home as he splashed to a gold medal in the 400m freestyle with a time of 3:50.32 to set a new meet record at the Malaysian Open swimming championships in Bukit Jalil yesterday. It was just a second off the national record of 3:49.29 which he set at the Victorian Open in Melbourne last month. Welson beat India’s S. Prakash who had a time of 3:56.60 for the silver, while A. S. Chahal of Terengganu earned the bronze with a time of 4:01.93. It is there that he plans to make the cut for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Source: The Star April 25, 2019 21:00 UTC