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Swim Art Club joins elite teams in regional competition

KUCHING: The Swim Art Club will join 25 other top swimming clubs from Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines at the Sarawak Short Course Sprint 2023. This grand competition will take place at the Pandelela Rinong Aquatic Centre from Sept 8 to 10. According to a statement by Swim Art Club, their swimmers will participate in […]

Six Sarawak swimmers for SEA Championship in Jakarta

KUCHING: Six Sarawak swimmers have been selected to represent Malaysia in the Southeast Asia (SEA) Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia from Aug 24 to 26. The swimmers are Kelly Teo Yao, Jeff Chua Yu Yang, Darren Leong Yi Chen and Magdalene Lau Ing Siew from Kuching, and Hector Ho Rze Jun and Claire Lau Yu Rong […]

M’sian swimmers make a splash with two new national records

PHNOM PENH: Malaysian swimmers set two new national records en route to clinching a bronze medal on the third day of the 2023 SEA Games swimming event at the Morodok Techo National Aquatics Centre, here, yesterday (May 8). Tan Khai Xin got the ball rolling in the men’s 400-metre (m) individual medley. Not only was […]

Training ground for potential champs

BY JAMES WONG KUCHING: The Kuching Amateur Swimming Association (KASA) recently held their Sarawak Age Group Swimming Championship 2023 at the Pandelela Rinong Aquatic Centre here. The three-day event from March 17 to19 saw 302 swimmers from Kuching, Sibu, Kota Samarahan, Miri and Bintulu competing in the meet. The participants of the swimming championship were […]

Second Sarawak Short Course Sprint 2022

KUCHING: The Second Sarawak Short  Course Sprint 2022 will see swimmers from Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand dive and splash at Pandelela Rinong Aquatic Centre here on August 13 and 14. Five hundred swimmers are expected to take part in the event, organised by Power Aquatics Swimming Club (PASC) in collaboration with Sarawak Sport Corporation (SSC), […]

Para Sukma swimmers to return to full training after Aidilfitri

KUCHING: Sarawak Para Sukma swimming coach Sarbini Kaderi says preparations are running smoothly. He added that full training for those involved in the 2022 Kuala Lumpur Para Sukma Games would begin after the Aidilfitri celebration. Sarbini also said several new faces were included in the squad. “Looking at the new format in terms of age […]

200 new athletes to be identified under Swimming Series

KUCHING: An additional200 new swimmers are expected to be produced and to be absorbed into the swimming development programme throughout Sarawak. Sarawak Sports Corporation (SSC) acting chief executive officer (CEO) Semawi Mohamad said that it is hoped that this could be achieved after the completion of SSC’s Swimming Series. “This competition aims to enable all […]

Jinq En breaks own national record in Tokyo Olympics

KUALA LUMPUR: National swimmer Phee Jinq En splashed her way to a new national record in the women’s 100-metre (m) breaststroke event in Heat Two of the event at the Tokyo Olympics here today. Jinq En clocked 1:08.40 seconds (s) to erase her own previous mark of 1:08.50s, which she did en route to bagging […]

Erika, Sarawak international star

Erika the queen of breaststroke Name: Erika Kong Chia ChiaDate of Birth: August 18 1995Place of Birth: Kuching KUCHING: She was one of the best female swimmers that Sarawak had ever produced, and at the international level, she is unsurpassed in her achievements. While other swimming stars such as Tania Bugo had Malaysia Games (Sukma) […]

Siew Siew saves her gold for last

Name: Hii Siew SiewDate of Birth: August 18 1994Place of Birth: Sibu KUCHING: Coached by her father Hii Heng Cheong, Hii Siew Siew went on to become a swimming star, who competed in two Commonwealth Youth Games. The senior Hii also helped made stars out of other Sarawak and national swimmers such as Hii Ding […]