Posted by: Andrew on Wednesday, 23 April, 2008 - 08:19 AM
PETALING JAYA: Swimmer Daniel Bego launched his preparations for the Beijing Olympics in style with a triple gold delight in the Bank of China Hong Kong Olympic time trials, which concluded on Monday.Daniel bagged three gold and two bronze medals to emerge as the most outstanding swimmer in the Malaysian team competing in the Open meet spread out over two days.The 18-year-old Olympian of the Year swimmer chalked a double by winning the 100m butterfly final in 55.36 and completing the 200m distance race in 2:04.33.Daniel also added a third in another strong event of his – the 200m freestyle – clocking 1:53.66.All three events he won in Hong Kong are events he has qualified for at the Beijing Olympics so far. His two bronze medals were won in the 100m freestyle (52.74) and 50m butterfly races (26.22).Daniel’s performances suggested he is gearing up well to make an impression in the Malaysian Open to be held in Kuala Lumpur next week.The Malaysian Open will be the final meet for swimmers to dip under the Olympic qualifying marks to earn a berth to Beijing.Considering that it was the first major race for the swimmers, national coach Paul Birmingham was satisfied with the performances put up by his charges.The Australian took over as the national coach for the full time swimmers based at the National Aquatics Centre in Bukit Jalil in January.“It was a good chance for me to see them race and how they interact as a team.” said Birmingham.“It was also good race practice for them. Daniel’s times were outside his national marks but it was okay, considering that he was doing six events and some of the qualifying heats were next to each other. The swimmers have yet to peak and only building up towards the Malaysian Open (from May 1-4). “Kevin Yeap also shared the limelight with victories in the 400m (4:07.80) and 1,500m freestyle (16:10.58).Melvin Chua took silver medals in the 200m and 400m individual medley and also 200m backstroke.Allen Ong also had silver medals in the 50m distances of butterfly and freestyle while Kevin Lim came in third in the 200m butterfly.Eric Chang took bronze in the men’s 50m backstroke. Khoo Cai Lin and Leung Chii Lin were the only Malaysian women medallists. Cai Lin won a bronze in the 800m freestyle while Chii Lin also finished third in the 50m and 100m freestyle.Source: The Star Online
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ok madam. Yesterday daniel bego did his best performance in olympic. although he lost in the semifinals he still able to make a new national record.
daniel bego still have another category to show off his best performance.
to all friends, don't forget to watch and support our swimmers in olympic 2008.
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