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AYG: Singapore's swimmer Quah Ting Wen wins 2 more gold medals
By Patwant Singh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 06 July 2009 2005 hrs

 
 
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SINGAPORE: Quah Ting Wen has become Singapore's most bemedalled athlete at the inaugural Asian Youth Games.

The 16-year-old swimmer bagged two more golds on Monday for a grand total of four.

Singapore's golden girl had earlier won the 200-metre and 50-metre freestyle events.

On Monday evening, Quah proved her prowess by winning the 100-metre freestyle in 55.57 seconds.

Amanda Lim made it a one-two for Singapore by taking the silver in 56.24 seconds, while South Korea's Kim Junghye was third at 56.39 seconds.

Quah then added another gold to her tally, by helping Singapore's 4x100-metre freestyle relay team to victory in 3 minutes and 46.91 seconds.

The winning time by the quartet of Quah, Hui Yu, Amanda Lim and Lynette Lim
was also a new national record.

South Korea clocked 3 minutes 50.56 seconds to win the silver, while China finished in 3 minutes 51.34 seconds to settle for the bronze.

- CNA/ir

 

 



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