By Lim Teik Huat KUALA LUMPUR: The chase for gold takes precedence and swimmer Welson Sim will have to focus on his pet events to help the Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (Asum) fulfil their eight-gold target at the Philippines SEA Games. Welson and woman breaststroker Phee Jinq En, who did not enjoy a good outing at the recent World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, are still Malaysia’s only hopes at the biennial Games. Welson will now have to drop the 800m and 1, 500m freestyles despite having qualified...

By Fadhli Ishak - July 24, 2019 @ 8:50am LEONG Mun Yee is not giving up without a fight. The diver hopes to remain sharp and injury-free in her bid to compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games. If the 35-year-old is selected, she will be the first Malaysian to make five Olympic appearances. Mun Yee, who was not selected for the 2016 Rio Olympics, and Pandelela Rinong earned Malaysia an Olympic spot in the women’s 10m platform synchro after winning silver at the recent World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju. However,...

By Tan Ming Wai PETALING JAYA: Veteran diver Leong Mun Yee will have to wait until next year to learn if she can become the first Malaysian to make a fifth Olympic appearance. The Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (Asum) are keeping their options open as they want the “best and strongest” pair to carry the nation’s hopes in the women’s 10m platform synchro event at the Tokyo Olympics in August next year. Malaysia will be aiming to at least defend the silver medal won by Pandelela Rinong-Cheong Jun Hoong...

Rodly Fadly [email protected] BAPA Nur Dhabitah Sabri mahu Persatuan Renang Amatur Malaysia (ASUM) menyiasat serta mengambil tindakan ke atas dalang yang merakam serta menyebarkan video aksi ‘melampau’ penerjun negara sehingga mencetuskan kontroversi baru-baru ini. Sabri Hashim berkata, walaupun beliau tidak menyokong kelakuan sekumpulan penerjun yang berpesta sambil minum minuman keras namun tindakan merakam serta menyebarkan video berkenaan bukan sahaja mencemarkan nama atlet malah ASUM dan Malaysia. Malah, Sabri meminta ASUM menyiasat kemungkinan wujud usaha pihak tertentu untuk mensabotaj skuad terjun negara dan penerjun tertentu. “Apa yang dilakukan oleh penerjun yang...

PETALING JAYA: The Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (Asum) have called for frustrated parties to give Chinese coach Li Rui a chance. The national diving team have been struggling to move forward since the departure of long-serving diving maestro Yang Zhuliang in late 2017. Zhuliang was surprisingly not given an extension despite turning Malaysia into a force to be reckoned with and producing a world champion and Olympic medallists in Cheong Jun Hoong and Pandelela Rinong. The Chinese coach’s methods were deemed to be “old school” while the then Youth...

April 25th – 28th, 2019 National Aquatic Centre, KL Sports City, Bukit Jalil LCM Results Several meet records and even a few national records went down over the course of the 4-day Malaysia Open Swimming Championships that just wrapped up yesterday in Bukit Jalil. Among the winners was Malaysian swimming stalwart Welson Sim, as the 22-year-old SEA Games gold medalist stood atop the podium 3 times. First, Sim fired off a new meet record in the men’s 400m freestyle, clocking a time of 3:50.32 en route to gold. That time...

KUALA LUMPUR: Newly-appointed swimming coach, Chris Martin is looking forward to raising the standard of the national swimmers. The American who has over 30 years of experience coaching in the United States, Scotland, England and China, said that the ongoing Malaysia Open Swimming Championships would be his platform to observe the level the national swimmers are at during the competition as well as to identify new talents. “I'm definitely looking forward to their (national swimmers) performance, my eyes are wide open. So far they have been working hard, so I...

BY RETTA RACE 0 March 15th, 2019 2019 NSW STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Friday, March 15th – Sunday, March 17th Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre (SOPAC) LCM While competing on day 1 of the 2019 New South Wales State Open Championships, Malaysian freestyle ace Welson Sim fired off a new National Record in the men’s 400m freestyle. Entering the meet at SOPAC, Sim’s personal best rested at the 3:49.48 he logged on the Mare Nostrum Tour back in 2017. Tonight, however, following Aussie Elijah Winnington‘s jet stream, Sim registering a new...

By Jugjet Singh March 4, 2019 @ 10:53pm KUALA LUMPUR: Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia (ASUM) secretary-general Mae Chen has brushed aside allegations made against the sport, and refused to wade further into the issue. She also declined to help clear the “murky waters” into which her divers have jumped into. Timesport had reported that: “Prima donnas of Malaysian diving are destroying the great legacy left behind by former national coach Yang Zhuliang since his controversial departure.” The Chinesese coach’s contract was not renewed after it expired in December, 2017...

Rodly Fadly [email protected] PENERJUN negara, Nur Dhabitah Sabri berharap kenyataan Setiausaha Kehormat Persatuan Renang Amatur Malaysia (ASUM), Mae Chen yang menafikan pembabitannya dalam isu mengambil minuman keras seperti tular baru-baru ini dapat membersihkan namanya. Ayah penerjun itu, Sabri Hashim mendedahkan, Dhabitah kini kembali tenang serta berasa lega sebaik membaca kenyataan Mae Chen melalui Arena Metro, selepas amat tertekan sejak isu itu didedahkan melalui media beberapa hari lalu. “Sejak isu ini diperkatakan, terutama selepas majlis permohonan maaf secara terbuka kesemua atlet terjun baru-baru ini berhubung isu video yang membabitkan pengambilan minuman...