HANGZHOU: Singapore's Letitia Sim set a new national record in the women’s 50m breaststroke at the Asian Games on Sunday , amid a clean sweep of golds from China on day one of swimming competition.
At the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre’s aquatic arena, the Singaporean clocked a time of 31.15s to lower her previous personal best by 0.01s.“It felt okay. It didn’t feel as amazing as I wanted it to be, but I’m happy with the swim overall,” said Sim. “I felt that was setting me up really well for the 100m , so I’m happy about that.”
The headlines on Sunday belonged to host nation China, whose swimmers broke four Games records and two Asian records en route to seven gold medals. Gan Ching Hwee came closest to a podium finish for Singapore, timing 16.24.67 to finish fourth in the women’s 1500m behind China’s Li Bingjie and Gao Weizhong as well as Japan’s Yukimi Moriyama.“I gave it all that I could,” said Gan. “Obviously I came to this race wanting a better finish. I think I was in contention for a medal and that was the goal for today, but obviously I didn't make it so I'm a little bit disappointed.
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