Malaysia's synchronised swimming pair of Katrina Ann Hadi (left)-Lee
Yhing Huey during the duet technical routine at the SEA Games on
Tuesday. - S.S.KANESAN/ The STAR
SINGAPORE: Synchronised swimmers Katrina Ann
Hadi-Lee Yhing Huey are on course to deliver Malaysia’s first gold medal
at the Singapore SEA Games on Wednesday.
The Malaysians are leading the pack after the duet technical routine on Tuesday.
The duo collected 75.343 points to lead the other eight pairs on the
opening day of competition. Singapore’s Stephanie Chen Mei Qi-Lee Mei
Shuang are a close second with 73.970 points.
Malaysia can expect a golden splash if Katrina and Yhing Huey
continue to dominate the proceedings in the free routine event on the
second day of the competition at the OCBC Aquatic Centre.
A jubilant Katrina said she’s happy with their performance and will
keep her fingers crossed for a better performance in the free routine
event.
“We did well. I can say we performed to the max and we are quite happy with our performance and score,” said Katrina.
“Today’s result is just 50%, we have another 50% to fight for
tomorrow (today). We still need to get a higher score to win ... we are
only 1.373 points ahead of Singapore.
“But I think we have a good chance to win the gold.”
Synchronised swimming was last contested at the 2011 Indonesia Games.
Three golds – team free routine, team free combination and duet free
routine – are up for grabs here
By K Rajan
The Star
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