Jordan Bags More Gold Medals In MSSM Meet



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.

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