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Chan ends Brunei’s SEA AG medal drought

Chan ends Brunei’s SEA AG medal drought
Yee Chun Leong BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE future looks bright for Brunei swimming with the emergence of Zeke Chan. The 15-year-old ended Brunei's medal drought at the SEA Age Group Swimming Championships in a decade by winning two silver medals in Kuala Lumpur last month. He finished on the podium for both the boys 14-15…
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Nikles glad to be back in competition

Nikles glad to be back in competition
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL swimmer Christian Nikles is delighted to be back in competition after contesting at the recently concluded 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Abu Dhabi. The tournament was the first in over two years for Nikles since the FINA World Cup in Doha in October 2019. He clocked a…
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Muis sets two national short course records at FINA meet

Muis sets two national short course records at FINA meet
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL swimmer Muhammad Isa Ahmad swam his way to two new national short course records at the recently concluded 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Tokyo 2020 Olympian completed the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:04.09 beating his old time of 1:04.45, which he…
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Haziq swims to three national short course records

Haziq swims to three national short course records
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL swimmer Haziq Ismail had a great weekend at the Thailand (SC) Time Trials after swimming his way to three national records and two personal bests. The 20-year-old started his campaign by breaking the 400m freestyle record with a time of 4:19.75 on Friday. Anderson Lim was the previous holder…
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Muis thanks Brunei for support

Muis thanks Brunei for support
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NATIONAL swimmer Muhammad Isa Ahmad will savour his experience at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The 23-year-old contested in Heat 1 of the men's 100m breaststroke event and finished with a time of 1:08.65 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Saturday. His personal best stands at 1:06.40 which he set during…
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Brunei athletes unfazed by different Olympics

Brunei athletes unfazed by different Olympics
NO spectators at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics? No problem. Last week the International Olympic Council and Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee announced that there will be no fans allowed at the Games. Our pair of Bruneian athletes - swimmer Muhammad Isa Ahmad and sprinter Md Noor Firdaus Ar-Rasyid Hj Md Idris - is unfazed by…
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Tokyo-bound: Brunei to send 2 athletes to Olympics

Tokyo-bound: Brunei to send 2 athletes to Olympics
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI is sending two athletes to contest in two sports at the Tokyo Olympics. This was confirmed during a flag handing over ceremony at the VIP Room, 1st Floor of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Berakas on Saturday morning. His Royal Highness Prince Hj Sufri Bolkiah, the president of…
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Know Your Athlete: Muhammad Isa Ahmad

Know Your Athlete: Muhammad Isa Ahmad
National swimmer Muhammad Isa Ahmad. who is more popularly known as Muis, is one of the hot prospects to represent Brunei at the Tokyo Olympics (which has now been postponed till 2021) and BruSports News got the chance to learn about his passion for the sport. Q: If you you didn’t swim, what would you…
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Brunei athletes find ways to stay in shape

Brunei athletes find ways to stay in shape
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT’S been over three weeks since all national training sessions have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. However, that hasn’t stopped our national athletes from staying at the top of their game. We at BruSports News had a chance to catch up with some of them recently to…
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Two national open records smashed at 7th Brunei Sprints

Two national open records smashed at 7th Brunei Sprints
Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWANPictures: Courtesy of BASA TWO national open records were broken during the 7th Brunei Sprints (LC) Swimming Championships over the weekend. Emma Yusuf (C) broke a 30-year-old record after recording a time of 1:19.74 in the women’s 100m breaststroke event at the National Aquatics Centre on Saturday. The 13-year-old, swimming under the…
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