Bowlers and gymnast shine as Malaysia endures mixed fortunes in Glasgow Games
GLASGOW, July 26 — Malaysian athletes had both successes and failures as they competed in swimming, para swimming, lawn bowling, artistic gymnastics and 3x3 wheelchair basketball...
In swimming, para swimmer Ethan Khoo Yin Jun finished fourth in the men’s 200 metre (m) freestyle with a time of 2 minutes 5.25 seconds (s), while four able-bodied Malaysian swimmers – Khiew Hoe Yean, Tan Khai Xin, Lim Yin Chuen and Arvin Shaun Singh Chahal – failed to make it pass their heats at Tollcross International Swimming Centre.
Hoe Yean finished 10th overall out of 27 participants with a time of 3.54.23 s, and Khai Xin placed 14th with a time of 3.57.54 s in the men’s 400 m freestyle event, while Yin Chuen and Arvin were joint 28th out of 68 swimmers in the men’s 50 m freestyle.
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