Category Archives: Swimming

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…