Category Archives: Swimming

Wong swims to bronze in 50m butterfly

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN HAYLEY Wong clinched the bronze medal in the girl's 14-15 50m butterfly event at the 45th SEA Age Group Swimming Championships in Jakarta on Friday. The 15-year-old clinched a third place finish amongst a field of 14 swimmers with a time of 29.42 seconds at the Gelora Bung Karno…
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Chan captures silver at SEA AG

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN ZEKE Chan has done it again. He won the silver medal in the boy's 16-18 100m backstroke event at the 45th SEA Age Group Swimming Championships in Jakarta on Thursday. The 16-year-old had ended Brunei's medal drought in the same event in Kuala Lumpur last year. He set a…
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Wong begins CYG with two new national records

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN HAYLEY Wong got off to a strong start to set two new national records at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday. The first record came in the women's 50m butterfly event where she finished with a time of 29.31 seconds in Heat 4. The result…
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Four swimmers to represent Brunei at CYG

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI will be sending four swimmers to the 7th Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) in Trinidad and Tobago. This was confirmed during a flag handing over ceremony at the Digadong Hall of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports on Monday morning. The Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Yang Berhormat Dato Seri…
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Chan breaks 100m backstroke national record

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN ZEKE Chan (Pictured L) swam to a new national record in the men's 100m backstroke event at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan on Monday. The 15-year-old finished sixth in Heat 2 with a time of 59.61 seconds at the Marine Messe in Fukuoka. The time beats his previous…
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Nikles bids farewell to swimming

Christian Nikles has signed off from swimming - a sport he contested in for over 15 years. The 25-year-old made the announcement last month on social media after representing the country at the SEA Games in May. He is now ready to move on and BruSports News caught up with him. Q. How come you…
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Three gold medals for Brunei at ASEAN Para Games

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI will bring home a haul of three gold, three silver and two bronze medals from the 12th ASEAN Para Games in Cambodia. All of the country's podium finishes came from athletics at the Morodok Techo National Stadium in Phnom Penh. Nor Hensan Hj Mataha was the biggest winner…
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Bruneian swimmers make splash in Miri

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT was a medal rush for our Bruneian swimmers at the 22nd Miri Age Group Swimming Competition 2023 over the weekend. Sharmeen Md Mharvin and Matthias Jordan Narcis were the biggest winners after bagging the best swimmer award in their respective age groups. Sharmeen, competing under the banner of…
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Swimming: Relay team break record ahead of SEA Games

Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE Brunei swim team punched their ticket to the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia after beating the 4x100m freestyle national record on Wednesday night. The quartet of Christian Nikles, Zeke Chan, Nur Haziq Ismail and last minute addition Muhammad Isa Ahmad completed the event with a time of 3:40.75.…
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