TOKYO: Singapore’s Gan Ching Hwee cemented her status as one of the top distance swimmers in Asia after she clinched silver in the women’s 1,500m freestyle on Sunday (Sep 20) in a new national record time of 16:00.45.
At the Tokyo Aquatic Centre, China’s Li Bingjie took gold while Japan’s Ichika Kajimoto finished with the bronze. At the last edition of the Games in Hangzhou, Gan finished fourth with a time of 16:24.67.
The last Singaporean swimmer to finish with an individual Games medal was Roanne Ho in the 50m breaststroke in 2018.
Gan holds five individual national records (200m, 400m, 800m and 1,500m freestyle, as well as 400m individual medley), all of which were set in the last 14 months.
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