Category Archives: Swimming

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…

July 17, 2021

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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…

May 4, 2020

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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…

April 5, 2020

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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…

February 18, 2020

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Brunei swimmers chase Olympic dream

Brought to you by Standard Chartered Bank Brunei. We are now just a few months away from the Tokyo Olympics! Brunei last sent a swimmer to the world’s biggest sporting spectacle in 2012 and this was made possible with the International Olympic Council’s concept of universality. This year we got the duo of Muhammad Isa…

January 31, 2020

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Brunei swim team look to make a splash at SEA Games

Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT HAS been 18 years since Brunei last sent a swim team to compete at the SEA Games and the duo of Muhammad Isa Ahmad and Nur Haziq Samil are looking to make it count. Muis is set to compete in the 50m and 100m breaststroke events while Haziq in…

December 3, 2019

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Brunei athletes for 30th SEA Games

Picture: Courtesy of jbs.bn Polo HRH Prince Hj 'Abdul MateenHRH Prince Hj Jefri BolkiahHRH Princess 'Azemah Ni'matul BolkiahYAM Pg Muda Abdul QawiYAM Pg Muda BaharColonel Hj Mohd Huzaimi Pehin Datu Harimau Padang Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Hj HusinHj Abdul Azeez Pehin Orang Kaya Lela Pahlawan Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Hj Mohd…

November 21, 2019

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Nikles swims to 2 national open records in Doha

Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT WAS a good outing for Christian Nikles as swam his way to two national open records at the FINA Swimming World Cup #7 in Doha last week. He started his campaign with a new record in the men’s 50m backstroke event after clocking 28.89 seconds on Friday at the…

November 13, 2019

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87 athletes to represent Brunei at 30th SEA Games

Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI will be sending a 140-member contingent - 87 athletes competing in 14 sports - to the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines at the end of November. This was revealed during a press conference at the Lecture Theatre of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Berakas earlier today. Present at…

October 14, 2019

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Three national open records crumble at 27th BAG Swimming C’Ships

Yee Chun LeongBANDAR SERI BEGAWANPictures: Courtesy of BASA and Muis THREE national open records and nine age group records were broken during the 27th Brunei Age Group (LC) Swimming Championships over the weekend. National swimmer Muhammad Isa Ahmad, who is targeting a berth at this year’s SEA Games in the Philippines, set two of those open…

April 22, 2019

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