Tokyo - The Malaysian swimming camp endured another bleak day at the Tokyo Olympics today.
Phee Jinq En and Welson Sim Wee Sheng failed to advance to the next round after failing to shine in the pool at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on the second day of the swimming event.
Despite claiming second spot in Heat Two of the women’s 100m breaststroke, it was still not fast enough for Jinq En to be placed among the top 16 swimmers to progress into the semi-finals, which will be held tomorrow.
Jinq En clocked in 1:08.40 seconds (s) to finish behind Slovakia’s Andrea Podmanikova (1:08.36s). Tilali Scanlan of American Samoa (1:10.01s) was third.
The 23-year-old Jinq En ended up 29th out of 43 competitors in the overall ranking.
However, Jinq En still has one more shot at going further in Tokyo Olympics as she is set to feature in the women’s 200m breaststroke event on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Welson made an early exit from the Tokyo Olympics after another below-par performance in the men’s 200m freestyle.
He clocked 1:49.24s to finish seventh in Heat Two, which was won by Romanian David Popovici (1:45.32s). Serbia’s Velimir Stjepanovic (1:46.26s) was second and Germany’s Jacob Heidtmann (1:46.73s) third.
The 24-year-old Sarawakian finished 32nd out of 39 swimmers in the overall ranking.
The top 16 swimmers will now battle it out in the semi-finals, which will be held tomorrow.
Yesterday, Welson failed to make the cut for the men’s 400m freestyle final after clocking 3:58.25s to finish 33rd out of 36 swimmers in the overall ranking. – Bernama July 25, 2021
