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Shah Alam: Atlet Selangor, Rosalind Pang (gambar) menutup tirai Kejohanan Renang Majlis Sukan Sekolah Malaysia (MSSM) dengan kejayaan merangkul lapan emas keseluruhan bagi kategori bawah 18 tahun.

Bakal beraksi pada Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA) buat kali kedua, Rosalind merangkul dua emas pada hari terakhir kejohanan menewaskan pesaing dalam acara 400 meter gaya bebas dengan masa empat minit 51.06 saat.

Dia seterusnya bergandingan bersama Shannen Kay Chan, Nessa Yip dan Liew Chern Xin untuk membantu Selangor meraih emas bagi kategori B-15 dalam acara 4x100m gaya bebas.

Bagi Rosalind, kejayaan itu menggembirakan dan penyertaan di MSSM menjadi landasan terbaik mengukur kemampuan sebelum turun beraksi di SUKMA.

“Saya meraih satu emas di sini tahun lalu jadi kali ini dengan kejayaan lapan emas ia sesuatu yang cukup memuaskan hati saya.

“Selain itu saya juga berjaya memperbaiki catatan terbaik peribadi dalam acara 50m, 100m dan 200m kuak lentang selain acara 100m gaya bebas.

“Namun sebenarnya saya lebih fokus kepada acara jarak jauh dalam acara gaya bebas dan berharap dapat meraih pingat dalam acara 800m gaya bebas di SUKMA tahun ini,” katanya yang turut menyumbang lapan emas ketika beraksi bagi kategori B-12 pada 2013.

Tiada rekod dipecahkan semalam yang mana menyaksikan Jordan Yip dari Selangor menambah dua lagi emas dalam acara 200m kuak kupu-kupu dan 100m gaya bebas berganti-ganti menjadikan jumlah keseluruhan yang dimenanginya di MSSM kali ini 12 emas.

Hari terakhir pertandingan renang menyaksikan Selangor sekali lagi menguasai carta pungutan pingat dengan kejayaan menggondol 63 emas, 35 perak dan 16 gangsa.

Kuala Lumpur di tempat kedua 17-20-22 dan Melaka ketiga 7-9-12.

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18-year-old Welson Smashes National Record To Qualify For Rio Olympics

(File pix) The 18-year-old Welson Sim is the first Malaysian swimmer to dip under the Olympic A time of 3:50.40 achieved at the very same venue where he won his first Sea Games gold medal in the same event last year.

KUALA LUMPUR: Welson Sim made history when the swimmer met the 'A' time for the Rio Olympic Games in the men's 400m freestyle at the Singapore national age-group swimming met at OCBC Aquatic Centre today. 

Welson smashed his national record of 3:52.83 set at the World Cup in Doha last November en route to winning the final with 3:50.33. The 18-year-old is the first Malaysian swimmer to dip under the Olympic A time of 3:50.40 achieved at the very same venue where he won his first Sea Games gold medal in the same event last year. 

An Ting Yao of Taiwan took silver in 3:55.45 ahead of Singapore's bronze medallist Yeo Kai Quan (4:02.18). The Sarawakian would have taken bronze with his new national record at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. 

National coach Paul Birmingham described Welson's achievement as outstanding. "I am happy with his result. "It's just taken more race practice to get the pacing better," said Birmingham. 

Besides swimming, Malaysia now have qualified for archery, track cycling, diving, shooting and sailing for Rio Olympics.

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Rekod Baru Kejohanan MSSM Akuatik 2016

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Jordan Rangkul Emas Ke-10

Shah Alam: Atlet Selangor Jordan Yip (gambar) mencipta sejarah tersendiri di Kejohanan Renang Majlis Sukan Sekolah Malaysia (MSSM).

Kejayaan merangkul emas ke-10 dalam kategori bawah 18 memberi petanda cerah buat Jordan untuk terus melakar nama sebagai perenang terbaik apabila beraksi di Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA) Julai ini.

Lebih manis Jordan, 17, yang beraksi dalam acara 400m rampaian individu itu melakarkan rekod baru kejohanan dengan catatan empat minit 43.51 saat, memadamkan rekod milik perenang Johor Tia’a Faang Der 4:44.73s pada 2013.

Kuakannya terus bertenaga apabila meraih emas acara 50m gaya bebas dengan catatan 24.71s dengan emas ke-10 hadir dalam acara 400m rampaian berganti-ganti bergandingan bersama Ng Yi Hao, Ooi Joo Vern and Yee Shen Khoo.

Bagaimanapun hasratnya meraih emas ke-11 tidak kesampaian apabila menamatkan saingan di tempat kedua, tewas kepada rakan sepasukan Yi Hao dalam acara 200m kuak dada dengan gangsa milik atlet Sarawak Tan Choon Fatt.

“Ia sesuatu yang menggembirakan apabila dapat mencipta rekod baru di kejohanan ini. Ini membuktikan saya berada di landasan yang betul dan sasaran saya selepas ini adalah untuk melakukan catatan bawah 4:40.00s.

“Catatan yang dilakukan dalam acara 400m rampaian itu juga menyamai catatan terbaik saya yang dilakukan ketika beraksi di Terbuka Malaysia tahun lalu,” katanya.

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MSSM: Rosalind Closes On A High

Rosalind Pang of Selangor capped her Malaysian Schools Sports Council (MSSM) swimming championships campaign with another two wins to bring her total haul to eight gold on the final day of competition. Pix by Mohd Asri Saifuddin Mamat

SHAH ALAM: Rosalind Pang of Selangor capped her Malaysian Schools Sports Council (MSSM) swimming championships campaign with another two wins to bring her total haul to eight gold on the final day of competition today. 

Despite having to compete against older swimmers, Rosalind bagged the girls under-18 400m freestyle gold in a time of four minutes and 51.06 seconds at the Darul Ehsan Aquatics Complex in Shah Alam. 

The Sri Kuala Lumpur student then teamed up with Shannen Kay Chan, Nessa Yip and Liew Chern Xin to help Selangor win the under-15 100m freestyle relay in 4:18.38s. 

Rosalind had also won eight gold in her final year in the under-12 category in 2013. No records were broken yesterday, though Selangor's Jordan Yip added another two wins in the boys' under-18 200m butterfly (2:13:85s) as well as the 100m freestyle relay (3:39.47s), where he teammed up with Ooi Joo Vern, Khoo Yee Shen and Tan Tsien Ee. 

It brought his haul to a staggering 12 gold. Although Rosalind and Jordan amassed the medals it was not enough to see them claim the best overall swimmer awards, which is based on the ability to break records with older records counting for more. 

Sabah's Janetty J. Fabian took the best female swimmer award. She had broken fellow Sabahan Leung Chii Lin's 13-year-old record en route to winning the under-12 50m backstroke. 

Best male swimmer went to Sebastian Soon of Selangor as he broke Tia'a Faang Der's (Johor) four-year-old record when he won the boys' under-15 200m individual medley. 

As expected, Selangor again emerged the overall champions of the MSSM Aquatics competition, which also includes water polo and diving, with a 63 gold, 35 silver and 16 bronze haul. The Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur came in second on 17-20-22 while Malacca were third on 7-9-12.

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Yip Yip Hooray For Jordan As He Makes It 12 In MSSM

Selangor’s swimmer Jordan Yip (second from left) posing with his teammates after winning the 400m freestyle event at the Shah Alam Aquatic Centre. – S.S KANESAN/The Star

SHAH ALAM: It’s a dazzling dozen for Jordan Yip.

The Selangor swimmer has won a stunning 12 out of the 15 events he took part in the boys’ 16-18 age category at the National Schools Sports Council (MSSM) swimming championships at the Shah Alam Aquatic Centre.

With 10 gold medals already in the bag, he went into Thursday’s final day of the swimming championships hoping to win three more.

He won two.

First, he won the 200m butterfly in 2:13.85, beating team-mate Ooi Joo Vern (2:15.48) and Sabah’s Wong Venn Chieh (2:15.76).

Then, he anchored the Selangor quartet to a victory in the 4x100m freestyle relay. Jordan, Joo Vern, Khoo Yee Shen and Tan Tsien Ee posted 3:39.47 – about a second off the championship mark set by another Selangor quartet in 2014.

He failed to make it three golds out of three when he could only finish sixth in the 400m freestyle.

Still, his 12-gold achievement was enough for him to be named the best overall swimmer in his age group.

Jordan had earlier won golds in the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle; 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke; 100m butterfly; 200m and 400m individual medley; and 4x100m medley.

He also bagged two silvers in the 50m butterfly and 200m breaststroke.

“There were some good and some not-so-good performances from me over the past five days, but I  really could not have asked for a better way to mark my last MSSM appearance with 12 gold medals,” said Jordan.

“Now, I hope to do well in Sukma (Malaysian Games in Sarawak in July).

“I’m giving myself another year or two to make the national team. Then, from there, I hope to kick start my Tokyo 2020 dream. I’m also looking to further my studies in the United States, where I hope to enhance my swimming career.

“I may be versatile ... but I hope to work harder to become the country’s top backstroke and individual medley specialist in the future.”

Selangor, who were confirmed as overall champions on Wednesday, ended their campaign with an astonishing haul of 63 golds, 35 silvers and 16 bronzes. Kuala Lumpur (17-20-22) were second and Malacca (7-9-12) third.

Sabah’s Janetty Fabian was named the best overall female swimmer for setting a new record of 33.95 en route to winning the Under-12 50m backstroke event. Her time broke fellow Sabahan Leung Chii Lin’s 13-year-old mark of 34.12.

Selangor’s Sebastian Soon was named the best male swimmer for breaking Johor swimmer Tia’a Faang Der’s four-year-old record in the Under-15 200m individual medley event. Sebastian clocked 2:14.73 to erase the old mark of 2:14.94.

Only six meet records were set in the five-day meet compared to nine last year.

http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/swimming/2016/03/17/jordan-bags-two-more-to-make-it-amazing-dozen/

Swimmer Welson Qualifies For Olympics In Style

Welsom Sim first Malaysian swimmer to qualify for the Olympic Games under category A.

PETALING JAYA: Welson Sim has become the first Malaysian swimmer to have qualified for the Olympic Games under category A.

He made the historic breakthrough in the men’s 400m freestyle at the Singapore national age-group swimming championships at the OCBC Aquatic Centre.

Welson also smashed his own national record of 3:52.83, set at the World Cup meet in Doha last November, en route to winning the final in 3:50.33 on Thursday

Taiwan’s An Ting-yao (3:55.45) took silver and Singapore’s Yeo Kai Quan (4:02.18) the bronze.

The 18-year-old Welson thus becomes the first Malaysian swimmer to dip under the Olympic A time of 3:50.40.

He had twice beaten the B qualifying time at the World Cup meets last year.

But those times did not guarantee him a place at the Olympics since the new qualifying system came into effect at the 2012 Olympics in London.

His latest effort would have earned him the bronze at the Incheon Asian Games in 2014 behind the two giants of world swimming – China’s Sun Yang and South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan.

National swimming coach Paul Birmingham, who broke the news, said he was not surprised with Welson’s outstanding achievement.

“I’m really happy with his result. His training over the last six months showed that he could do it.

“It’s just taken him more race practices to get the pacing better.

“I’m thankful to the National Sports Council (NSC) for giving us the funding to race,” he said.

Besides swimming, Malaysia also have representatives in archery, track cycling, diving, shooting and sailing for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/swimming/2016/03/17/swimmer-welson-stands-tall-after-winning-olympic-games-ticket/

MSSM Swimming: Jordan Notches New Meet Record, Gold No 10

 


Jordan Yip from Selangor took his haul to 10 gold medals on the penultimate day of the Malaysian Schools Sports Council (MSSM) swimming championships today, placing himself in prime position to take the Male Swimmer of the Games title. Pix by Muhmmad Sulaiman

  

SELANGOR’S Jordan Yip notched an impressive 10th gold medal on the penultimate day of the Malaysian Schools Sports Council (MSSM) swimming championships on Wednesday.

Jordan looks set to bag the male swimmer of the Games award after winning the Under-18 400m individual medley in a new meet record of four minutes and 43.51 seconds at the Darul Ehsan Aquatics Complex in Shah Alamy, bettering the previous mark of 4:44.73s set by Johor’s Tia’a Faang Der in 2013.

He then went on to win the 50m freestyle in 24.71s and then teamed up with Ng Yi Hao, Ooi Joo Vern and Yee Shen Khoo to give Selangor the 400m medley relay gold on 4:05.84s.

The 17-year-old also bagged the silver in the 200m breaststroke behind Yi Hao, who won in 2:26.00s.

Jordan had earlier in the competition won the 100m butterfly, 100m-200m freestyle, 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke and the 200m IM.

RESULTS

Boys’ Under-12

50m freestyle relay: 1 Lim Kai Hen (Sel) 28.56s, 2 Muhammad Suhairi Mohd (M’cca) 29.40s, 3 Arhadin Prome (Lbn) 29.42s.

200m medley relay: 1 Selangor 2:16.65s, 2 Sarawak 2:20.42s, 3 FT Kuala Lumpur 2:20.81s.

Boys’ Under-15

50m freestyle: 1 Iqmal Muqhis Faizal (FT KL) 25.29s, 2 Zachary Adam Tan (Swk) 25.51s, 3 Sean Goh (Sel) 25.82s.

200m breaststroke: 1 Sean Goh (Sel) 2:30.92s, 2 Ng Jing Fu (Sel) 2:31.80s, 3 Low Zheng Yong (M’cca) 2:39.38s.

400m medley relay: 1 Selangor 4:14.16s, 2 FT Kuala Lumpur 4:15.71s, 3 Sarawak 4:25.91s.

Boys’ Under-18

50m freestyle: 1 Jordan Yip (Sel) 24.71s, 2 Khoo Yee Shen (Sel) 24.77s, 3 Hii Puong Hou (Swk) 25.14s.

200m breaststroke: 1 Ng Yi Hao (Sel) 2:26.00s, 2 Jordan Yip (Sel) 2:27.26s, 3 Tan Choon Fatt (Swk) 2:33.56s.

400m individual medley: 1 Jordan Yip (Sel) 4:43.51s, 2 Low Zheng Yong (M’cca) 4:53.13s, 3 Wong Venn Chieh (Sab) 4:55.76s.

400m medley relay: 1 Selangor 4:05.84s, 2 Sarawak 4:13.02s, 3 FT Kuala Lumpur 4:14.58s.

Girls’ Under-12

50m freestyle: 1 Elise Wong (Sel) 29.18s, 2 Yasmin Batrisya Zahiruddin (Sel) 30.20s, 3 Ng Zhi Syuen (KL) 30.34s.

200m medley relay: 1 Selangor 2:14.70s, 2 Perak 2:23.06s, 3 KL 2:25.57s.

Under-15

50m freestyle: 1 Cheng Ka Man (Sab) 28.27s, 2 Liew Chern Xin (Sel) 28.36s, 3 Lim Xiao Wei (Per) 28.82s.

200m breaststroke: 1 Angelina Chan (Sel) 2:49.91s, 2 Anjali Lim (KL) 2:52.30s, 3 Keesha Ho (Pen) 2:53.07s.

400m medley relay: 1 Selangor 4:48.07s, 2 FT Kuala Lumpur 4:56.42s, 3 Penang 5:00.72s.

Under-18

50m freestyle: 1 Elynn Tan (Pen) 27.36s, 2 Tan Tyng (Swk) 28.25s, 3 Fatin Amira Ahmad Hadri (Sel) 28.31s.

200m breaststroke: 1 Kimberly Ong (KL) 2:57.17s, 2 Lai Yan Ying (NS) 2:59.04s, 3 Chiang Hui Ning (Joh) 3:01.74s.

400m individual medley: 1 Ong Yong Qi (Joh) 5:17.85s, 2 Anjali Lim (KL) 5:21.81s, 3 Goh Chia Tong (M’cca) 5:27:25s.

http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/03/133127/mssm-swimming-jordan-notches-new-meet-record-gold-no-10

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Tenacious Jordan Swims To 10 Golds In MSSM Meet

SHAH ALAM: It’s 10 golds – and counting – for Selangor swimmer Jordan Yip at the National Schools Sports Council (MSSM).

The 17-year-old has bagged three more gold medals to take his tally to an awesome 10.

He was simply unstoppable at the Shah Alam Aquatic Centre here on Wednesday.

First, he romped home in the 50m freestyle in 24.71. Then, just like his idol Kosuke Hagino of Japan, Jordan showed his versatility by winning the 400m Open individual medley (IM) in record fashion – clocking 4:43.51 to erase the 4:44.73 set by Tia’a Faang Der of Johor in 2013.

Hagino won the 400m IM bronze medal at the London Olympics in 2012 and is one of only two Asians to have been named Swimmer of the Year.

Jordan’s third gold came when he swam the butterfly leg to help his Selangor team-mates Khoo Yee Shen, Ng Yi Hao and Ooi Joo Vern triumph in the 4x100m medley in 4:05.84.

Jordan had earlier won golds in the 100m and 200m freestyle; 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke; 100m butterfly; and 200m individual medley.

He also claimed a silver on Wednesday – clocking 2:27.26 to finish behind team-mate Yo Hao (2:26.00) in the 200m breaststroke.

It was his second silver in the meet, having finished second in the 50m butterfly on Sunday.

But he’s not done yet.

He has three more races on Thursday – 400m freestyle, 200m butterfly and 4x100m freestyle relay.

“I’ve won medals in all the events I entered for ... I will try to win three more on the final day tomorrow,” he said.

“I’m feeling good ... I’m happy to have clocked a personal best in the 400m individual medley.

“It was unexpected ... to break Faang Der’s meet record shows I’m on the right track.”

Jordan will switch his focus to the Malaysia Games (Sukma) in Kuching where he hopes to make a golden debut in the 200m and 400m individual medley events.

The Selangor quartet of Yasmin Batrisyia, Lim Shun Qi, Elise Wong and Amanda Sofea were the other record breakers on Wednesday.

They clocked 2:14.70 en route to winning the girls’ 12 and under 4x50m medley relay and erase the previous mark of 2:15.76, which they set last year.

Selangor are confirmed as the overall champions for aquatics with one day to go with a haul of 47-31-15. Kuala Lumpur (13-15-19) are second and Malacca (5-9-12) third.

http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/swimming/2016/03/16/jordan-yip-swims-with-ten-gold-medals-in-mssm/

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