{
  "id": 9303124,
  "title": "Hoe Yean clocks season best to finish seventh in Asian Games final",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/hoe-yean-clocks-season-best-to-finish-seventh-in-asian-games-final",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T09:06:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2026/09/1539360/hoe-yean-clocks-season-best-finish-seventh-asian-games-final"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Asian Games: Shahmalarani secures Malaysia’s third gold with karate victory",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/asian-games-shahmalarani-secures-malaysias-third-gold-with-karate",
        "published": "2026-09-23T10:37:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "China’s swimming prodigy Yu Zidi bags third gold in Asian Games record",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/chinas-swimming-prodigy-yu-zidi-bags-third-gold-in-asian-games-record",
        "published": "2026-09-23T10:50:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}