Monday 14 March 2016
Jordan Bags More Gold Medals In MSSM Meet
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| Jordan Yip clinch two titles in the Malaysian Schools Sports Council (MSSM) Swimming Championships at Darul Ehsan Club today. Pix by MUHAMMAD SULAIMAN |
SHAH ALAM: Jordan Yip wants to emulate Kosuke Hagino of Japan in swimming.
Jordan and Hagino have a similarity as both are equally good in the freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke disciplines, and the former hopes to be as successful as the Japanese swimmer one day.
“I want to emulate Hagino in swimming. He won a bronze medal in the 2012 London Olympics,” said Jordan after clinching two titles in the Malaysian Schools Sports Council (MSSM) Swimming Championships at Darul Ehsan Club today.
The 17-year-old won the boys’ 16-18 200m backstroke race in 2:19.11 before clocking 57.18 for the gold medal in the 100m butterfly.
On Sunday, he bagged the 100m backstroke and 200m freestyle events.
“It feels good to be back at my best. I want to go far and qualify for the Olympics one day,” said Jordan who took up swimming when he was eight-years-old.
Jordan will compete in the 50m backstroke, 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley races tomorrow.
Result
Boys' 1500m freestyle (Open): 1 Wong Venn Chieh (Sab) 17:01.63, 2 Chew Chee Ming (KL) 17:14.02, 3 Chan Jun Jian (KL) 17:43.91;
Under-12 100m breaststroke: 1 Ng K Yang (KL) 1:21.89, 2 Chris Chew (Pen) 1:22.68, 3 Jeremy William (Sab) 1:23.06;
13-15: 1 Ng Jing Fu (Sel) 1;09.48, 2 Sean Goh (Sel) 1:09.69, 3 Low Zheng Yong (Mal) 1:10.49;
16-18: 1 Ng Yi Hao (Sel), 2 Gelton chong (Sab) 1:09.68, 3 Adam Afif Faizal (KL) 1:09.85.
Under-12 100m butterfly: 1 Suhairi Mohd (Mal) 1:09.34, 2 Chris Chew (Pen) 1:10.77, 3 Darren Lew (Sel) 1:12.79;
13-14: 1 Low Zheng Yong (Mal) 1:00.22, 2 Sebastian Soon (Sel) 1:01.08, 3 Ji Low Ken (KL) 1:01.50;
16-18: 1 Jordan Yip (Sel) 57.18, 2 Ooi Joo Vern (Sel) 59.05, 3 Rohan Lee (KL) 1:00.40.
13-15 200m backstroke: 1 Khiew Hoe Yean (KL) 2:17.93, 2 Sebastian Soon (Sel) 2:19.71, 3 Ng Yee Sheng (Mal) 2:23.72,
16-18: 1 Jordan Yip (Sel) 2:19.11, 2 Ooi Joo Vern (Sel) 2:20.00, 3 Parvin Rajendran (Mal) 2:23.16.
Girls' Under-12 100m breaststroke: 1 Ng Zi Syuen (KL) 1:20.93, 2 Low Yi Xhin (Mal) 1:23.29, 3 Janetty Fabian (Sab) 1:23.76;
13-15: 1 Angeline Chan (Sel) 1:17.46, 2 Anjali Lim (KL) 1:19.96, 3 Liew Chern Xin (Sel) 1:20.55;
16-18: 1 Lai Yan Ying (NS) 1:17.76, 2 Kimberly Ong (KL) 1:21.49, 3 Cheong Jia Wen (Lab) 1:25.06.
Under-12 100m butterfly: 1 Lim Shun Qi (Sel) 1:08.45, 2 Janetty Fabian (Sab) 1:12.66, 3 Yasmin Batrisyia Zahiruddin (Sel) 1:14.72;
13-15: 1 Anjali Lim (KL) 1:07.11, 2 Shannen Kay (Sel) 1:08.51, 3 Qi Ong Yong (Joh) 1:08.52; 16-18: 1 Tyng Tan (Sar) 1:06.66, 2 Cindy Tan (KL) 1:07.15, 3 Andreana Soon (Pen) 1:08.73.
13-15 200m backstroke: 1 Rosalind Pang (Sel) 2:29.36, 2 Goh Chia Tong (Mal) 2:31.83, 3 Karia Lim (KL) 2:32.74; 16-18: 1 Fatin Amira Ahmad Hadri (Sel) 2:34.07,2 Cindy Tai (KL) 2:37.77, 3 Ruth Chuah (Pen) 2:38.34.
http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/03/132634/jordan-bags-more-gold-medals-mssm-meet?d=1
Swimmer Jordan Starts Believing Again After Breakthrough At Asean School Meet
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| Jordan Yip at the 2016 MSSM meet at Shah Alam Aquatic Centre. |
SHAH ALAM: Selangor teenager Jordan Yip nearly gave up swimming after a string of uninspiring results.
But an impressive outing at the Asean School Games in Brunei late last year, where he bagged two golds and two silvers, made him realise that he still had much to offer.
And he proved it again by pulling off his second double in as many days in the National Schools (MSSM) swimming championships at the Shah Alam Aquatic Centre.
The 17-year-old clocked 2:19.11 to beat team-mate Ooi Joo Vern (2:20.00) to the 200m backstroke title in the boys' 16-18 age group.
He then posted 57.18 to hold off Joo Vern again (59.05) in the 100m butterfly race to take his tally to four golds – with three days of competition to go.
Jordan had won the 100m backstroke and 200m freestyle gold medals on Sunday.
“I’m feeling good in the pool. I lacked training and motivation last year and the results weren’t good. But the Asean School Games gave me the confidence that I could still swim well. I think I’m slowly getting back to form,” said Jordan, who started swimming when he was eight.
Jordan intends to be good in all the four strokes, just like his favourite swimmer Kosuke Hagino of Japan. Hagino is a former World Swimmer of the Year winner and bronze medallist at the 2012 London Olympics.
Jordan will get a chance to do just that when he competes in the 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke and 200m individual medley on Tuesday.
Hosts Selangor raked in eight more gold medals on Monday to take their tally to 22 from 42 events so far.
http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/swimming/2016/03/14/jordan-starts-believing-again-after-asean-meet/
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