PHNOM PENH – One does not win almost 30 golds at the SEA Games without being a fierce competitor, and Quah Zheng Wen showed on Saturday why he loves a “dog fight” in the pool. Barely 40 minutes after narrowly losing the 100m freestyle final to fellow Singaporean...
No wonder Singapore head coach Gary Tan praised Quah’s indomitable spirit.
He said: “He looks at things in a very positive light... He knew he had a tough back-to-back night with those two 100m events but he really stepped up. So kudos to him and this is how we must approach our racing every single day.” Jonathan, who lost to Quah in the 100m free 12 months ago at the Hanoi Games, clocked a personal best of 48.80 to edge out Quah and Vietnam’s Jeremie Luong .
The 21-year-old said: “Both Zheng Wen and I train together, he’s an excellent teammate. I’m just glad we both went below 49sec.Besides their victories at Phnom Penh’s Morodok Techno Aquatics Centre, Singapore also triumphed in the women’s 200m butterfly and 4x100m free relay.The women’s 4x100m free relay team of Quah Ting Wen, Nur Marina Chan, Quah Jing Wen and Amanda Lim delivered Singapore’s 1,000th gold at the Games. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOOShe easily retained her fly crown, clocking 2min 10.
The evening’s opening race, the men’s 200m individual medley, was won by Vietnam’s Tran Hung Nguyen in 2:01.28.
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