Hoe Yean clocks season best to finish seventh in Asian Games final
TOKYO: Khiew Hoe Yean produced his fastest swim of the season to finish seventh in the Asian Games men’s 200m freestyle final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Wednesday.
Khiew Hoe Yean set a season-best time of 1:48.58 to secure seventh place in the men's 200m freestyle final at the Asian Games in Tokyo on Wednesday. His performance marked the first time Malaysia had placed two swimmers in an Asian Games men's 200m freestyle final, despite the country failing to challenge Welson Sim's national record of 1:47.36. Compatriot Arvin Shaun Singh Chahal finished eighth, while China's Zhang Zhan Shuo won gold in a new Asian record of 1:43.49.
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