Hong Kong Open: Singapore, Hong Kong Records Fall

HONG KONG, China, September 7. DURING the Hong Kong Open this weekend, several Singapore and Hong Kong records took a tumble at the long course meter meet.

Parker Lam crushed the Singapore record in the men's 50 breast with a time of 28.08 during prelims. That readout cleared his record of 28.66 set in Rome. Lam returned with a 28.44 in the finale for the win. He later demolished the Singapore record in the 100 breast with a 1:03.06 during prelims. That time erased the 1:04.46 set by Jia Hao Ng in June. Lam then snared the title in 1:03.09 during finals.

Eric Chan lowered his Hong Kong record in the men's 50 fly with a 25.15 during prelims. That swim beat his old mark of 25.37. During finals, Chan nearly lowered the record again with a winning time of 25.19.

David Wong, after beat two meet records earlier in the meet as detailed below, cleared the Hong Kong mark in the men's 100 fly. He clocked a 54.92 for the win, and wiped out Derick Ng's record of 55.45.

Singapore's Russell Ong won the men's 50 free in a meet record of 22.97. Jeffrey Lum took the Hong Kong record with a second-place 23.01. Lum's time beat his personal best of 23.03.

Wong smashed the meet record in the men's 1500 free with a time of 16:13.97. The performance wiped out the 16:31.40 set by Marcus Cheah. Jeffrey Lum lowered his meet record in the men's 100 free with a 50.79. He previously held the record with a 51.52. He came up just short of his Hong Kong record of 50.48.

Sherry Tsai claimed the meet record in the women's 50 back with a 29.29 for the victory. That swim eclipsed the standard of 29.41 set by Li Tao. Singapore's Rainer Ng downed the meet record in the men's 100 back with a 58.11. He surpassed the 59.11 set by Geoffrey Cheah with a 58.60 during prelims.

Wong destroyed his meet record in the men's 200 fly with a 2:20.60. The swim cleared the 2:05.23 he'd previously set. Singapore's Amanda Lim touched out Tsai, 26.14 to 26.17, for the women's 50 free meet record. Both surpassed the 26.41 Lim set during prelims, which in turn beat the 26.43 set by Hannah Wilson. Lim returned with another meet record time of 57.33 in the women's 100 free. The swim beat the 57.59 set by Wilson.

Mark Tan of Singapore won the men's 200 breast with a 2:22.57 for the meet record. That performance beat the 2:23.49 previously set by Pak Him Ng. Tsai dropped the meet record in the women's 100 back with a 1:02.37. She crushed the 1:04.13 set by Claudia Lau.

Jennifer Town snatched the women's 200 fly meet record with a 2:15.42. The swim beat her preliminary swim of 2:17.00, which in turn cleared 2:18.98 set by Carmen Nam. Lai Chung followed in the men's 50 back with a meet-record time of 26.97. The performance wiped out the 27.27 set by Geoffrey Cheah.

Joshua Lim twice lowered the men's 200 IM meet record. During prelims, he clocked a 2:09.62 to beat the 2:09.98 set by Zhicong Lim. He returned during finals with a winning time of 2:07.84. Cheryl Lim added to the meet-record bonanza with a 2:37.76 in the women's 200 breast. She eclipsed the 2:37.88 set by Fiona Ma.

Rainer Ng clipped the meet record in the men's 200 back with a 2:08.27. The time beat the 2:08.88 set by Geoffrey Cheah.

In other action, Natasha Tang tied Amanda Lim for the women's 800 free win with matching 9:04.03s. Tang also won the women's 200 free in 2:06.66. Fiona Ma followed with a 1:13.34 in the women's 100 breast for the win. Hang Yu Sze earned the women's 100 fly title in 1:00.95, while Kevin Chu topped the men's 400 IM in 4:40.00.

Lau claimed the women's 200 IM title in 2:23.79, while Danny Yeo won the men's 400 free in 4:07.43. Natalie Wong topped the women's 200 back in 2:23.79. Fiona Ma captured the women's 50 breast in 34.39, while Kent Cheung took home the men's 200 free in 1:53.27. Nam touched first in the women's 400 IM with a 5:08.99, while Stephanie Au topped the women's 400 free in 4:22.83. Sze took her second title of the meet with a 27.78 in the women's 50 fly.

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