YOG: S'pore's Amanda Lim through to semi-finals of 50m Butterfly event
Posted: 17 August 2010 1448 hrs

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SINGAPORE: It's Day 3 of the Youth Olympic Games and over in selected swimming results, Singapore's Amanda Lim is through to the semi-finals of the 50 meters Butterfly event.

At the Singapore Sports School on Tuesday morning, the 17-year-old timed 29.48 seconds in the heats.

Over to the 100 meters Breaststroke, Rachel Nicol of Canada was the fastest qualifier in 1 minute 09.87 seconds.

But Singapore's Cheryl Lim finished 21st out of 29 places overall.

Next up is Kaitlyn Jones as she'll be gunning for her second Gold medal of the Games.

Having won the 200 meters Individual Medley on Sunday, the American was the fastest in qualifying for tonight's 200 meters Backstroke Final.

But the 15-year-old will face the challenge from Barbora Zavadova of the Czech Republic, who took the bronze in the Individual Medley two nights ago.

Onto the Boys' 50 meters Freestyle qualifiers, Andrii Govorov was the quickest in 22.62 seconds.

The Ukrainian advances to the semifinals together with other favorites in Australia's Kenneth To and Spain's Aitor Martinez.

And Singapore's Clement Lim also made the cut for the last 16 with his time of 23.86 seconds.

More good news for the Republic as the Boys quartet of Clement, Rainer Ng, Pang Sheng Jun and Arren Quek, will feature in tonight's 4 by 100 meter Freestyle Finals.

Earlier on Tuesday, our Boys clocked the 7th fastest time of 3 minutes 28. 66 seconds.

The foursome managed to knock out the likes of Germany , Japan and Brazil to reach the last eight.

The relay final is coming up at 730pm, with Team Singapore in Lane 1.

Over in selected 3-on-3 basketball results, our Singapore Boys crashed to their 3rd successive defeat at Scape Youth Park.

They went down to Israel 27-14 in a Group C encounter.

Turkey and the USA are currently in the top 2 positions of this Group.

Meanwhile, Croatia wiped out South Africa 33-4 in a Group D clash, to produce the tournament's biggest lopsided scoreline.

Egypt beat Group B Leaders Lithuania 33-31 while Serbia hammered Group A leaders 34-14 in a top-of-the table Group A meeting. - CNA/vm