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SINGAPORE: Singapore's swimmers won one gold, one silver and one bronze at the Asian Youth Games on Sunday.
Quah Ting Wen and Amanda Lim Xing Qi led a 1-2 finish in the 50-metre freestyle at the Singapore Sports School. The quartet of Rainer Ng, Lionel Khoo, Mohd Kamal Dzulhali and Clement Lim won the bronze in the boys' 4x100m medley relay.
Quah had a great start to the 50m freestyle race, and only team-mate Amanda Lim Xing Qi was in contention for the title after the half-way mark. But Quah emerged the winner, finishing in 25.43 seconds, far ahead of Amanda who clocked 25.68 seconds. Stephanie Au Hoi Shun of Hong Kong was third at 26.22 seconds.
It was Quah's second gold medal in the Games. On Friday, the 17-year-old grabbed her first gold medal in a thrilling win. She came from behind to clinch the girls' 200m freestyle gold with a new national record of 1:59.21s, breaking her previous national mark of 2:00.14 set three weeks ago at the Singapore National Swimming Championship.
In the boys' 50m freestyle final, the title went to Hong Kong's Lum Ching Tat. He finished the race in 23.13 seconds, ahead of China's Sun Yuchen and Liu Chang who timed 23.59 seconds and 23.63 seconds to come in second and third respectively.
But it was South Korean swimmers who ruled the waves. Kim Seoyeong was a class above the rest as she took gold in the girls' 200-metre individual medley with her time of 2:15.17. China's Chen Xiaojun was second with a timing of 2:18.29 and Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Chih-Lin was third at 2:21.65.
In the boys' 200-metre individual medley, it was a race between South Korean team-mates Gil Byeong Hwi and Jung Wonyong.
But it was Jung who touched the time-pad a split-second ahead of Gil to grab gold.
Kim Seoyeong was back at the poolside half an hour later to add another title to her medal tally.
Her time of 59.99 seconds in the 100m butterfly gave her gold, ahead of team-mate Yoo Giyeon (1:00.45) and China's Liu Lan (1:00.76).
Chang Gyucheol continued South Korea's winning spree by clinching the boys' 100-metre butterfly event. His time of 53.50 seconds was more than a second faster than compatriot Yoo Kyusang, who finished with a silver at 55.00 seconds. Kuwait's Yousef Alaskari was third, at 55.21 seconds.
The South Koreans also powered their way to take gold in the boys' 4x100m medley relay finals, finishing in 3:50.04 minutes, ahead of China's 3:51.94 and Singapore's 3:52.59.
- CNA/ir
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